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Dornisch presents Paula as a convincing interpreter who links Jesus' dying and rising to challenges that Christian communities experience in their struggles to be authentic witnesses to the Body of Christ. She describes the experiences not only of women of the first century C.E. but also women theologians in the Third World who plea for liberation and justice on behalf of their peoples.

Mary Margaret Pazdan, O.P.

Aquinas Institute of Theology

How should a woman read Paul's Letters in the light of the experience of women theologians and other women of the Third World? Some who have tried Paul have been put off by his apparent dogmatism and patriarchy. The same persons may know little about Third World women theologians. A dialectic makes Paul contemporary and gives voice to women who are speaking prophetically for a new century.

"... Like Paula, women of the Third World acknowledge their ministry. They are called to be open. They are called to proclaim not themselves, but Christ Jesus as leader of freedom, and themselves as facilitators to help bring about that freedom. The God who said, 'Out of darkness light shall shine,' shines in their hearts. Their enlightenment is in the knowledge of the glory of God which they see in the face of Jesus, and in the face of each woman, child, and man who reflect that face and who are entitled to the same dignity and respect they give to Jesus (2 Cor 4:1-6)."