Women have been involved in theological work since the beginning of Christianity. However, their contributions have been undervalued or rendered invisible in theological and academic spaces due to the stigma, suspicion, and jealousy of a patriarchal system that has arranged hierarchies in which women are not seen as equals. Despite the imposed invisibility, women have guided their theological work from their own contexts, responding to the needs of their communities and embodying a theology that is real, experiential, accessible, and deeply womanist. Their commitment to developing a theology of incarnation and their deep belief in the resurrection of Jesus’ message of hope has been essential in shaping a theology that interprets tradition and responds to everyday life.
Women theologians draw, color and reflect on their daily experiences as grandmothers, mothers, aunts, sisters, and daughters. Their theology transcends academic boundaries, rooted in a deep spirituality in community. Grassroots faith communities, informed by the reflections of these women, have integrated theological perspectives into conversations around the kitchen table, into the challenges of motherhood and parenting, into resistance against poverty and violence within the family and in society, into the struggles of forced migration in search of a better future, into ancestral spiritual practices of hope and into the wisdom that emerges from generational resistance to living well, living beautifully.
Women have established networks of hope and resilience while expanding their understanding of the Gospel to include the intersectionality that happens to women because of their sex, their educational and economic access, their skin color, and their ancestral heritage that is the basis of their identity and engenders a deep feeling-thinking of the relationship with God.
For the coming generation of women, we find ourselves in a time when we have forged a significant path in theological reflections rooted in our everyday experiences and in which communities of faith are those that promote and strengthen these experiences.
It is essential to recognize that the contributions of women as theologians have enriched our understanding of faith and have transformed the Church and believing communities into more inclusive and diverse environments, dedicated to uplifting those who have been historically marginalized, and so we must continue to blaze a trail from within to radiate the message outward. In this way, women’s theological work is both nourishing and generative, embodying liberation theology principles closely intertwined with community life, commitment, resistance, and hope.
In the cover photo features Ana Maria Jara, Yenny Delgado, Luzmila Quezada, and Irma Espinoza, peruvian theologians.
This text was originally published on AETH https://aeth.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/MUJER-TEOLOGIA-Eng-March-9.pdf (March 8, 2025)
Yenny Delgado is a psychologist and theologian. Doctoral candidate in Psychology of Religion at the University of Lausanne. Convener of Women Doing Theology in Abya Yala. Yenny is the founder and director of PUBLICA, an organization that facilitates dialogues, gatherings, and a space that amplifies women’s voices from decolonial and liberation perspectives.
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