Critical of the church but unwilling to abandon it, Letty Russell has offered a feminist interpretation to redeem it. She deftly combines scholarship, personal testimonies, and practical suggestions. Her vision is thoughtful, compassionate, and worldwide."-Phyllis Trible, Baldwin Professor of Sacred Literature, Union Theological Seminary, New York

Ideas of the Christian church are changing, and Letty Russell envisions its future as partnership and sharing for all members around a common table of hospitality. Dr. Russell draws on her interracial urban pastorate, her classes in theology, and many ecumenical conversations to help the newly emerging church face the challenges of liberation for all people.

"Letty Russell sums up thirty-five years of experiences in shaping liberatory commu-nities of faith, from East Harlem, New York City, to the world community. Her global vision is both expansively intercultural and yet always concrete and contextual."-Rosemary Radford Ruether, Georgia Harkness Professor of Applied Theology. Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois

"In this most informative and delightfully written theological work, the church of God comes alive with the spirit of Christ and is felt as a community empowered to partake in God's task of 'mending' the broken creation. It becomes a place where God's hospital-ity is experienced by all, 'a community of Christ bought with a price, where everyone is welcome." Mercy Amba Oduyoye, World Council of Churches

LETTY M. RUSSELL is Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School. She is the author of numerous books, including The Future of Partnership; Household of Freedom: Authority in Feminist Theology; and Human Liberation in a Feminist Perspective-A Theology. She is editor of Feminist Interpretation of the Bible and coeditor of Inheriting Our Mothers' Gardens: Feminist Theology in Third World Perspective and Dictionary of Feminist Theologies. All books are Westminster John Knox Press publications.