GENDER AND THEOLOGY Flashcards
1
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What does feminism as a movement aim to challenge?
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The view that men are superior and dominant and woman are inferior and passive
2
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Who was Mary Daly?
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An american radical post-Christian feminist theologian
3
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What was Daly’s main argument?
A
The idea of a patriarchal fatherly God is the foundation of a sexist culture of violence towards women, denigration and an unholy trinity of rape genocide and war
4
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What did Daly argue about female oppression? (2)
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- Female oppress. is the product of the cultural and historical impact of Christianity’s unholy trinity
- The symbol of God the Father has spawned mechanisms for the oppression of women
5
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What did Daly believe about the idea of God the Father?
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- God the Father is inadequate and the maleness of God should be removed
- GOD SHOULD BE CASTRATED
6
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Which theologians did Mary Daly
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