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gender & theology
Rosemary Radford Reuther
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male warrior expectation
Jesus’ life and preaching focused on the oppressed and marginalised and he is presented as being on the side of women on a number of occasions. This was not the norm and extremely liberal in such an Orthodox society.
E.g. when a woman is caught in the act of adultery (John 8:1-11).
when JC was alive, many people were expecting a military style leader that could save them from Roman rule and oppression. Jesus was certainly not the type of Messiah that was expected
Jesus' maleness
she argue that there are more female interpretations of JC which have been or marginalised by the Church
in book, she challenges the idea that the maleness of Jesus is basic to how we should understand him. she argues that his maleness is not the most important factor in how he is viewed
Reuther's conclusions
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femininity, has as much right to be seen as an aspect of Gods identity as maleness, JC is said to be the incarnation of god and if God can be seen to be a female have demo aspects, then surely Jesus must also
concludes that the male image of God (as father, as king, as warrior) should not be seen as defining who God is.
feminist thinker and Catholic theologian. she wrote a very influential book in 1983 called Sexism and God-talk
Reuther vs Daly: sexism, patriarchy ad christianity
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core of sexism
according to Reuther, change must come from within
Daly accuses Christianity of being fundamentally sexist, meaning it needs to be abandoned
Mary Daly
beliefs about genocide, war and spirituality
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war
the horrors of war are associated with manly and adventurous virtues - men doing courageous and powerful acts of violence to defeat the enemy
the language of violence is hidden by technical language: phrases like 'collateral damage' used to cover up the fact that the lives of innocent people are expendable'
Day argues that war is an inevitable result of the male-doiminated politics of the 19th and 20th Centuries
return to pagan culture
these kinds of religion (which Christianity replaced in many cultures) had female deities as their centre
wants a return to these ancient Goddess/Mother Nature religions since she believes that it is not enough for men & women to be equal. Men must learn to be silent and listen to women
Daly recommends a return to ancient pagan nature religions which centred on the female and Mother Nature as the essece of true spirituality
genocide
daly believed that current hierarchal structures place men over women in the same way that genocide sets one group over another
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