Susanne Scholz is associate professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. Among her publications are Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible (2010),“Lederhosen Hermeneutics: Toward a Feminist Sociology of White Male German Old Testament Studies” (2010), and “Bible and Yoga: Toward an Esoteric Reading of the Bible” (2005). She also blogs for Feminist Studies of Religion, Inc., at http://www.fsrinc.org/users/susanne-scholz.

• Introduction: From Progressive Theological Discourse to Changing the WorldSusanne ScholzPART I. ABOUT GODChapter 1: God Is Diversity and Justice: A Feminist Sikh PerspectiveNikky-Guninder K. Singh Chapter 2: As Long As You Are Doing Something: A Secular Feminist Perspective from CanadaPamela J. MilneChapter 3: I AM, Who Loves the Prophets, Loves You: Meditations on the Progressive/Prophetic at the End of Jewish HistoryMarc H. EllisPART II. ABOUT LOVEChapter 4: A World without Tags: A Progressive Palestinian Muslim Scholar SpeaksIsam ShihadaChapter 5: Class Matters in an Age of Empire: A White Feminist Working-Class American SpeaksSusanne JohnsonPART III. ABOUT DIVERSITYChapter 6: Celebrating Diversity Is Not What It’s All About: A Progressive White Male German-American Theologian SpeaksJoerg RiegerChapter 7: Does God Really Love Diversity? Biblical Counter-Examples from a Chinese-American PerspectiveSze-Kar WanPART IV. ABOUT JUSTICEChapter 8: Diversity, Justice, and the Bible for Grown-Ups: A Jewish Russian-Israeli-American Hebrew Bible Scholar SpeaksSerge FrolovChapter 9: The Exiled Native: The Paradox of the Black ScholarMaria DixonChapter 10: Justice Is at the Core: The Law, Justice, and Gender Equality in Islamic FeminismQudsia MirzaChapter 11: Transgender Spirituality: Finding Justice through Activism and LoveGordene McKenzie and Nancy NangeroniPART V. TWO RESPONSESChapter 12: Reflections on “God Loves Diversity and Justice”: A (Modern) Human Rights PerspectivePat DavisChapter 13: Should God Remain? A Response from the Perspective of Peace and Conflict StudiesVictoria Fontan

Fourteen scholars from a diversity of backgrounds, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, white, African-American, Asian, believers and non-believers, struggle with this affirmation about God, love, diversity and justice and all agree that together we must work for a world that affirms diversity with justice. A book well worth pondering.

Susanne Scholz is associate professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. Among her publications are Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible (2010),“Lederhosen Hermeneutics: Toward a Feminist Sociology of White Male German Old Testament Studies” (2010), and “Bible and Yoga: Toward an Esoteric Reading of the Bible” (2005). She also blogs for Feminist Studies of Religion, Inc., at http://www.fsrinc.org/users/susanne-scholz.

• Introduction: From Progressive Theological Discourse to Changing the WorldSusanne ScholzPART I. ABOUT GODChapter 1: God Is Diversity and Justice: A Feminist Sikh PerspectiveNikky-Guninder K. Singh Chapter 2: As Long As You Are Doing Something: A Secular Feminist Perspective from CanadaPamela J. MilneChapter 3: I AM, Who Loves the Prophets, Loves You: Meditations on the Progressive/Prophetic at the End of Jewish HistoryMarc H. EllisPART II. ABOUT LOVEChapter 4: A World without Tags: A Progressive Palestinian Muslim Scholar SpeaksIsam ShihadaChapter 5: Class Matters in an Age of Empire: A White Feminist Working-Class American SpeaksSusanne JohnsonPART III. ABOUT DIVERSITYChapter 6: Celebrating Diversity Is Not What It’s All About: A Progressive White Male German-American Theologian SpeaksJoerg RiegerChapter 7: Does God Really Love Diversity? Biblical Counter-Examples from a Chinese-American PerspectiveSze-Kar WanPART IV. ABOUT JUSTICEChapter 8: Diversity, Justice, and the Bible for Grown-Ups: A Jewish Russian-Israeli-American Hebrew Bible Scholar SpeaksSerge FrolovChapter 9: The Exiled Native: The Paradox of the Black ScholarMaria DixonChapter 10: Justice Is at the Core: The Law, Justice, and Gender Equality in Islamic FeminismQudsia MirzaChapter 11: Transgender Spirituality: Finding Justice through Activism and LoveGordene McKenzie and Nancy NangeroniPART V. TWO RESPONSESChapter 12: Reflections on “God Loves Diversity and Justice”: A (Modern) Human Rights PerspectivePat DavisChapter 13: Should God Remain? A Response from the Perspective of Peace and Conflict StudiesVictoria Fontan

Fourteen scholars from a diversity of backgrounds, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, white, African-American, Asian, believers and non-believers, struggle with this affirmation about God, love, diversity and justice and all agree that together we must work for a world that affirms diversity with justice. A book well worth pondering.

Susanne Scholz is associate professor of Old Testament at Perkins School of Theology of Southern Methodist University. Among her publications are Sacred Witness: Rape in the Hebrew Bible (2010),“Lederhosen Hermeneutics: Toward a Feminist Sociology of White Male German Old Testament Studies” (2010), and “Bible and Yoga: Toward an Esoteric Reading of the Bible” (2005). She also blogs for Feminist Studies of Religion, Inc., at http://www.fsrinc.org/users/susanne-scholz.

• Introduction: From Progressive Theological Discourse to Changing the WorldSusanne ScholzPART I. ABOUT GODChapter 1: God Is Diversity and Justice: A Feminist Sikh PerspectiveNikky-Guninder K. Singh Chapter 2: As Long As You Are Doing Something: A Secular Feminist Perspective from CanadaPamela J. MilneChapter 3: I AM, Who Loves the Prophets, Loves You: Meditations on the Progressive/Prophetic at the End of Jewish HistoryMarc H. EllisPART II. ABOUT LOVEChapter 4: A World without Tags: A Progressive Palestinian Muslim Scholar SpeaksIsam ShihadaChapter 5: Class Matters in an Age of Empire: A White Feminist Working-Class American SpeaksSusanne JohnsonPART III. ABOUT DIVERSITYChapter 6: Celebrating Diversity Is Not What It’s All About: A Progressive White Male German-American Theologian SpeaksJoerg RiegerChapter 7: Does God Really Love Diversity? Biblical Counter-Examples from a Chinese-American PerspectiveSze-Kar WanPART IV. ABOUT JUSTICEChapter 8: Diversity, Justice, and the Bible for Grown-Ups: A Jewish Russian-Israeli-American Hebrew Bible Scholar SpeaksSerge FrolovChapter 9: The Exiled Native: The Paradox of the Black ScholarMaria DixonChapter 10: Justice Is at the Core: The Law, Justice, and Gender Equality in Islamic FeminismQudsia MirzaChapter 11: Transgender Spirituality: Finding Justice through Activism and LoveGordene McKenzie and Nancy NangeroniPART V. TWO RESPONSESChapter 12: Reflections on “God Loves Diversity and Justice”: A (Modern) Human Rights PerspectivePat DavisChapter 13: Should God Remain? A Response from the Perspective of Peace and Conflict StudiesVictoria Fontan

Fourteen scholars from a diversity of backgrounds, Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Sikh, white, African-American, Asian, believers and non-believers, struggle with this affirmation about God, love, diversity and justice and all agree that together we must work for a world that affirms diversity with justice. A book well worth pondering.