Journal Article

Listening to the Audible Voices of Indonesian Postcolonial Feminist Theology

Situmeang, Aulia Simon Partogi

2025

Overview

This article addresses the question of audibility within Indonesian postcolonial feminist theology. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has famously argued that the subaltern cannot speak, highlighting the problem of the subaltern's audibility--even when represented. Interestingly, however, her writings have also contributed to the flourishing of local feminist theological streams. In light of both this tension and the development of local feminist theological voices, this article seeks to locate the audible voices of Indonesian post-colonial feminist theology. It argues that such theology has already found expression in the ongoing, constant negotiations of Indonesian Christian women with colonial powers throughout history--continually producing their local, hybridized voices. Keywords: Gayatri C. Spivak, hybridity, Indonesia, negotiation, postcolonial feminist theology

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Subject: Feminism / Feminist theology / Negotiations / Political aspects / Postcolonialism / Religious aspects / Theology