What's Right With Feminism

by Elaine Storkey

Elaine Storkey is widely read in the literature of feminism, and she puts the complex landscape of the women's movement into perspective. She identifies three main secular positions: liberal feminism, Marxist feminism and radical feminism. As a result, the problems of contemporary feminism are brought widely into focus. The author then turns to some Christian responses, focusing particularly on those women who deny that feminism has any Christian case,and those who, on the contrary, have found in feminism a sharpening of their own identity and a new awareness of their spirituality.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction

186 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Brittany · Rating 4 out of 5]

"...a critique of humanism, and a humanism in which men define the norms. Instead the desire is to recover a Christian definition: to discern how women are to be treated in God's terms and to move our society from being one which debases and devalues them to on in which they have dignity, equality, and freedom to be really human."
An oldie but a goodie-although the research was outdated (obviously)Storkey provided a good overall picture of several realms of feminist thought, the formation of feminist thought, and a plausible application to Christianity.

[Lama🦢 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super informative, the interaction of religion and the feminist movement (I feel) isn’t covered very often so was really interesting to learn!!

[Michaela · Rating 5 out of 5]

SOme of the statistics at the beginning are clearly out of date and some have changed positively and others are still too much the same! But, overall, this is still a great book to get an idea of the different strands of the feminism movement and an appropriate Christian response. I loved this book. It’s still really relevant for today. Especially helpful for me was that it debunked some stuff I had been taught, which I see now was not Biblically aligned.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is dated but still has relevant information for someone interested in Christian feminism. I found it very easy to read.