Ivone Gebara, a Brazilian Sister of Notre Dame, is one of Latin America's leading women theologians. She holds doctorates in philosophy and religious studies and has taught for many years at the Theology Institute of Recife (ITER). Among her half-dozen books are Trinity: A Word on Things New and Old (1995) and Longing for Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation (Fortress Press, 1999).
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Translator's Note Introduction Everyday Evil Evil and Women A Male View of Evil Silence about Evil Feminism in Latin America Gender Women's Experience of Evil A Feminist Phenomenology The Power of Witnessing Women's "evils" Seen through the Lens of Justice My Own Story Evil and Gender The Concept of Gender The Relativity of Difference Gender as a Hermeneutical Tool Gender and Epistemology Gender, Difference, and Violence Nature and Culture Gender and Women's Experience of Evil The Evil Women Do Women Weaving the Cloth of Evil Women of the World Religion, Violence, and Women The Feminine Face of Religious Violence Women's Experience of Salvation Personal and Community Suffering Everyday Resurrections Relatedness as a Condition for Life God for Women God and the Daily Experience of Poverty God's Baroque Face God in the Absence of God God in the Fabric and Weaving of Life Epilogue Notes A Select Bibliography Index