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AZCUY, Virginia R. Feminist Relaunching of Ignacio Ellacuría’s Legacy: Rethinking «the Poor» from an Intersectional Theological Perspective. Franciscanum [online]. 2023, vol.65, n.179, pp.11-11.  Epub 16-Out-2023. ISSN 0120-1468.  https://doi.org/10.21500/01201468.6053.

The aim of this presentation is to revise Ignacio Ellacuría’s theological legacy about «the poor» and to suggest some key biblical and theological elements to relaunch it from a feminist perspective. Framed within its historic soteriology, the author’s thought is recovered in terms of its fundamental distinction between the poor from a socio-economical viewpoint and the poor «with spirit», its relation to the message of the beatitudes, and its current ecclesiastical relevance. With a feminist relaunching of Ellacuría’s contributions in mind, we examine the biblical studies of some authors, like Elsa Tamez’s work about Hagar (cf. Gen. 16 and 21:8-21) and Ivoni Richter Reimer’s work about Elizabeth and Mary (cf. Luke 1:24-25 and 1:39-56). The relation among these texts resides in the fact that these women-due to their condition as such-suffer poverty, oppression and humiliation, and are freed, blessed and exalted by God’s action. In these texts, we can see the lives of women marked by a weave of oppression and a transformative spirituality. The Magnificat, the song of a woman who has been humiliated and exalted, undoubtedly sums up the poverty «with spirit» that anticipates the coming of the Kingdom of God. In the final thoughts, a rethinking of «the poor» from an intersectional theological perspective is put forward to show the interweaving among gender, class, race and sexual oppressions. The use of this approach enables us to broaden the theological understanding of the poor and presents a challenge to language in inclusive terms. In turn, all of this promotes the visibility of the grid of oppression that women suffer and facilitates the recognition of their action in processes of resistance, liberation and «spiritualization».

Palavras-chave : Ignacio Ellacuría; poor; oppression; liberation; feminist theology; intersectional perspective.

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