Gender And Theiology Knowledge Flashcards
Post Christian theology
Religious thinking that abandons trad christian thought
Reform feminist theology
Religious thinking that seeks to change trad christian thought
Servant king
An understanding of the messiah that focuses on service rather than over lordship
Sophia
Greek word for wisdom , personified in female form in the ancient world
Thealogy
Studying god based around the goddess
Why were the Jews waiting for a messiah
To free them from the Roman occupation
Why was the messiah though of as male
Described as a warrior and warriors at the time were male
What is different about jesus compared to a warrior
His way of fighting
According to Reuthers , why does Jesus not need to be male
What it’s important is not a list of warrior qualities but virtues such as self sacrifice and forgiveness
Why does this cause problems from the Catholic Church
It’s always been linked to priests to Christ in a different way to other church
According to Reuther , why might jesus being male for women praying
They are likely to feel alienated by having to pray to someone who doesn’t understand what it’s like to be a woman
How does Old Testament support Reuther
Hebrew and Greek words for wisdom are feminien
Wisdom is linked with divine source of knowledge and life
How does New Testament support Reuther
Aspect of God to do with relationships was the Holy Spirit and the Hebrew word for spirit is feminine
What conclusion does Reuther come to about Jesus gender
He was much an incarnation of the feminine wisdom as anything else
Who is Mary daly
American philosopher and theologian
“Radical lesbian feminist “
Why does Daly think Christianity need to be stopped
Too much inherent sexism and patriarchy
How does daly reclaim archaic language to help her argument
To show how men turn things into derogatory
To make women realise that they must work together to transform society
According to Daly, why should we not just think of God in terms of being female
We are just using different describing words
How are the views of Nietzsche and Daly similar
We need to start fresh with the idea of God
WHat role does the goddess play in Reuther’s thinking
Source if life
According to Reuther , why are polytheistic religions less sexist
In monotheistic ones the male God is th supreme being
What does Daly view the Virgin Mary as
The total rape victims
What is the unholy trinity
Three key signals of male dominance
Explain the role of rape in the unholy trinity
Women are raped literally and metaphorically
Rape is assumed s normal in the bible
Explain the role of genocide in the unholy trinity
One group can have power over and destroy another entire group
Rape leads to genocide
Makes people feel power over objects so as rape
Explain the role of war in the unholy trinity
Daly says war comes from maple dominated approaches to life and decision making
It is a make violent act and comes from phallic mentality
Explain the passage of 2 Samuel 13:10-14
Man said to woman
Come to bed with me
Explain the passage of Luke 1:26-38
Birth of Jesus foretold
Angel Gabriel went to Mary
Mary is a Virgin but is still pregnant
6th month of pregnancy
Explain the passage of 1 Corinthians 14:33-36
Women should remain silent in church
If they want to enquire about something they should k their husband about it at home
What is the best argument to say that Christianity is essentially sexist - no
Bubkicial texts are simply products of the societies that they come from
Explain wh Jesus maleness might be n issue for feminists
How can someone develop absolute spiritual relationship with someone of the other gender
Outline reasons why god might be described as male
Early Christianity was in a patriarchal society
How is the New Zealand Lord’s Prayer different to ours
It says Father and Mither to us all
what is the key bit of the catechism quote
God is above humanhood so shouldnt be associated with a gender
can the christian god be presented in female terms (yes)
the Jewish God was presented as having female aspects such as wisdom
Ruether- language already exists to present God in female terms , and it simply needs to be rediscovered in the tradition.
can the christian God be presented in female terms (no)
catholic church - ‘there must be a physical resembelance between priest and Christ ‘- priests must be male - historical fact that jesus was a man - so god should also be presented as a man
what does the idea of spirituality encompass ?
- ability to be holy
- ability to have relationship with God
- ability to live a life of prayer
