Feminist theology- reuther

Question 1

What does Reuther say about the church?

Answer 1

The church have been very misgoenticis and patchy viewing the old testament as being very androcentric which mean the hared of women

Question 2

What does genesis 3:16 say about husbands and wives?

Answer 2

“your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you’- god speaking to Adam and eve, eve is subservient to Adam

Question 3

What does exodus 21:7-8 say about the slavery of women?

Answer 3

“if she does not please the matter who has selected her for himself, he must left her be redeemed

Question 4

In Deuteronomy how does god speak to the Israelites?

Answer 4

“as for the women, the children the livestock… you may take these as plunder for uoiyselved”

Question 5

What does the new testament and Paul ephesisasn say about women submitting to their husband?

Answer 5

“so also should wives submit to their husbands” (Ephesians 5:24”

Question 6

What were medieveal theologians inspired by?

Answer 6

Greek philosophers who viewed women as being emotional, instinctive

Question 7

WgarWhat would freud say about women?

Answer 7

Dont share the same excusal desire as men- penis envy

Question 8

Which main part of Pauls writings represented allot of androcetrnisc?

Answer 8

1 Thessalonians

Question 9

What has been contracted in acts to say about Paul converting women in the signagouge?

Answer 9

A prominent view in acts is where Paul is converting women of the jewish synagogue, but this isn’t mentioned anywhere in Thessalonians

Question 10

What are passages in corinthians to suggest women took on an active role?

Answer 10

women joined clubs like women, active in commerce and manufacture (corinthians 7:13)

Question 11

Why may have Thessalonians not have pointed towards women readers and no mention of women?

Answer 11

As Paul may have been directing his audience to males as they were public speakers in church

Question 12

What did arstioltole say about women being misbegotten males?

Answer 12

Women are more seen as being inferior to men, and aquinasand Augustine are inspire by this and say it is the natural order of this which hsas been created by god

Question 13

What is the sin of idolatry according to Reuther?

Answer 13

The fact that men are suppose to be closer to god, just begcause god is referred to as male and if we are cretan in the image of god, god is male who create women, men save us

Question 14

What does reuther believe which ca be linked to naturalism, secularisation about society?

Answer 14

Gender has been society lead, there is no biological connection it is with the interference of society and roles of hwy there is a androcentric view

Question 15

How does reuther view our brain as gender?

Answer 15

Men have a left brain, women are right brain

Question 16

What is the left brain?

Answer 16

men are analytical, they solve problems, science, maths and logic- freud men are penis envy. similar to other philosophers d. z young men are analytic

Question 17

What is the right brain?

Answer 17

Women thoughts, women are creative, they are art and musical, intuition

Question 18

What does reuther say about the right and left brain which dont make a difference?

Answer 18

We al have both, society steers us in favouring oe side to another. no difference in genders. Ann nulvac

Question 19

How have women according to ruether been subjected to certain characteristics?

Answer 19

Through the cultural belief and society of the patriarchal sense of women, through Mary

Question 20

What are Mary’s characteristics (Virgin Mary) that have lead to this cultural dependent view on society?

Answer 20

Mary is gentle
Mary is passive, she does what she is told
attributes of women- link to mcfague about god nurturing his world
though Mary according to Matthews gospel indicates she did have other churl den

Question 21

What have women been restricted to according to reuther which makes them link to elect complex?

Answer 21

Women cant be sexual, she is dirty otherwise as not in full representation of Mary; maybe this is a subject view. Mary has to have been born of a virgin otherwise she would have been dirty
the only other alternative is for women to call themselves the empress of sin

Question 22

What does reuther say about

Question 23

Why does the Catholic Church say that women cant be priests?

Answer 23

wome are seen inferior to men in their soul and body, Vatican declaration against womens ordination
“there must be a physical resemblance between the priest of christ- micheangeo?”

Question 24

What are the heresy that have been disregarded by the Catholic Church?

Answer 24

Gnosticism- womens are apostles nature of god is female and male
montanism- continuing inspiration of the holy psiriit to mn and women status to mn
phrophettes like pricilla claim to have vision of Jesus in the form of a woman
auakers/ Baptist movement shaker church- androgynous bi sexual of women and male

Question 25

What is a passage of isiash to suggest that they are trying to withhold the view of Jesus in the old etstamern?

Answer 25

Trying to fight against the oppressors

“woe to those who make un just laws”

Question 26

What does reuther say that the church are doing to fight the oppression?

Answer 26

Crisiting power against society

views Jesus as the figure against oppression rather than the messiah

Question 27

How does reuther think Jesus is trying to view society?

Answer 27

Thinks Jesus is viewing society as against oppression, he tries to call himself abba which merges away from patrciach
feminist theology need to claim this theology of Jesus

Question 28

What does reuther say about solutions that have tried to work in the past?

Answer 28

Romanticism
liberlaism
Marxism- trying to liberate women from roles in society liberation theology doesn’t work as different situation

Question 29

What is Reuters solution?

Answer 29

Have female base community to try and destruct male patriarch sense
get rid of male clergy
get rid of laity 
use unpatriatchy language
new undertsanding
outreach
golden thread

Question 30

What is the movement in the English civil war that is similar to reuther?

Answer 30

The English ivil war, the levellers trying to cal for movement after the reformation by radicals

Question 31

What are the criticisms from Hampson?

Answer 31

essentially female language in the bible is too patriarchal, cant ever get rid of it.
listen to him- Luke
no accident

Question 32

What Is the quotation from Paul in corinthians to suggest his hatred of women in the church?

Answer 32

“women keep silent in church”