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