1. Introduction; Jenny Daggers and Grace Ji-Sun Kim 2. Biblical Hermeneutics and the Interrogation of Doctrine; Elzbieta Adamiak 3. Beyond Ousia ‘s Non-being-ness to Vínculos de Presencia —Evangélicas and (Triune) God; Loida I. Martell-Otero 4. Christ Beyond But Not Without Jesus; Sheila Briggs 5. The Green Cross: the Green Tree and the Oppression of Nature; Sigridur Gudmarsdottir 6. Ecological Evil, Redemption and the Wisdom of God: Re-imagining Redemption for Eco-Feminist Religious Practice; Hilda Koster 7. The Holy Spirit: A Womanist Conjure; Linda Thomas 8. Re-imagining Hope: Towards an Embodiment of Global Gender Justices; Nantawan Lewis 9. Mary: A Model of Full Humanity; Gina Messina-Dysert 10. Motherhood and The (In)vulnerability of the Imago Dei : Being Human In the Mystical-Political Cloud of Impossibility; Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandalfo 11. Divine Grace and the Question of Free Will: A Feminist ‘Stumbling Block?; Amy Carr 12. Re-imagining Creation as Creative Activity: Possibilities for Women’s Empowerment through Aesthetic Agency; Elise M. Edwards 13. Concluding Remarks; Jenny Daggers and Grace Ji-Sun Kim

Elzbieta Adamiak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Sheila Briggs, University of Southern California in Los Angeles, USA Amy Carr, Western Illinois University, USA Elise M. Edwards, Baylor University, USA Elizabeth O’Donnell Gandolfo, Furman University, USA Sigridur Gudmarsdottir, University of Iceland Hilda P. Koster, Concordia College (Moorhead, MN), USA Nantawan Lewis, Metropolitan State University, USA Loida I. Martell-Otero, Palmer Theological Seminary/Eastern University, USA Gina Messina-Dysert, Ursuline College, USA Linda E. Thomas, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, USA