An act of going : musings on a feminist engagement with theological nomadism

This paper tells of my feminist engagement with theological nomadism. Though I now realise I have been “becoming” a theological nomad most of my adult life, I first grappled with the concept within two important but different contexts in the mid-1990s. One of these was the context of academic studies. After completing a theology degree I began postgraduate studies by reading some key texts in feminist critical theory (for example Harding 1987, Harraway 1988, Nicholson 1990, Butler 1990, Butler & Scott 1992, Donaldson 1992, Stanley and Wise 1993). This was when I encountered Rosi Braidotti’s feminist theorising of nomadic subjectivity and embodied sexual difference (1994a). I found her work provided me with language and concepts that resonated well with readings I gave my own life experiences.