God's Gender
Intersectional Identity
Power Structures
Gender
Sex
Dualism
Sexuality
Traditions
Experiences
Women in Ministry
Bibilical intrepreation
Bibilcal Interpretation
Looking at how the Church has intrepreted the Bible historically
We need to remember the person who translated the Bible.
Women's experiences are typcially ignored when developing theology
Theology is typically undertood by male church leaders and male theologians
Essentialism: we are born with gender instilled in our identity and behavior
Essentialism: we are born with gender instilled in our identity and behavior
Ethics
Sexuality
Gender is a prefomance
Women have a different experience in the church and faith
Male experience and stories are typically the wones shared from the pulpit
Complemantary
Complemantary
Women are suposed to follow the male head, just as the church follows Christ
Women usually cannot be in leadership positions
women are better at it
Women are assumed to be better at taking care of children, so they are allowed to lead and teach women
There are two options and they must be in oposition to each other
There is no grey area between genders
Takes away from the complexity of gender and intersectional identity
Takes away from the complexity of gender and intersectional identity
God's Gender
God needs to exist in the space between genders because it is complex and hard to understand
God needs to exist in the space between genders because it is complex and hard to understand
God's pronouns have tradtionally been male
God's pronouns have tradtionally been male
God's pronouns have tradtionally been male
The preference for male pronouns can indicate the male as perfect and the Female as other
Using male, female, and unisex names allows for a better understanding of God
Homosexaulity
Abortion
Parenting
Homosexuality relates to power struggles and pedifile relationships in the original language
Civil contracts are legal and focus on commitment
"Homosexuality" was added to the English Translation in 1945
Marriage is religous and is before God
Focus on Concent and choice
Raise anti-sexist children by consisitantly questioning the Patriarchy
Feminist Theology leans toward justice.
Egalitartan relationships
Pro Life
Pro Choice
Provide opertunitites for the child to suceed
Provide opertunitites for the child to suceed
A desire for the mother and child to live the best life
A desire for the mother and child to live the best life
Make sure that the woman is ready and able to have the child before birth
Experiencecs
Everyone has unique experiences that should be taken into account when writing theology