Conclusion

Abstract

AbstractThe conclusion provides a summary of the central insights of this book in order to indicate some implications for future thinking about soteriology, Christology, Mariology, and ecclesial practices. This project establishes a foundation for the development of a Christian Feminist Materialism that can be used as a generative framework for re-examining other areas of Christian theology in a way that is attuned to the material/biological insights from the natural sciences and the theological resources of the Christian tradition. This Christian Feminist Materialism is grounded in the Incarnation, and its understanding of the Incarnation is developed in a Mariological (as well as a Christological) key. Indeed, Christology and Mariology are intrinsically interconnected, and a robust Mariology is necessary for a complete Christology. However, the Christological implications for theologies of matter have been much more extensively developed in the theological literature than the Mariological implications.