gender theology Flashcards
theology: gender and theology
Misogyny in St Paul’s letter to the Ephesians.
“Wives, submit to your husbands.”
Misogyny in St Paul’s letter to the Corinthians.
“I permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man.”
2 Samuel 13:1-22
Ammnon rapes his sister Tamar before sending her away from the house in shame.
R. R. Ruether’s religious position.
Roman Catholic feminist liberation theologian.
Feminisation of God in Isaiah 42:14.
“Now i will cry out like a woman in labour, i will gasp and pant.”
Traditional Jewish definition of wisdom.
Source of life and knowledge.
Wisdom in Hebrew and Greek.
‘Hokhamh’ and ‘Sophia’.
King Solomon’s wisdom as his bride quotations.
- “a breath of the power of God.”
- “reflection of His eternal light.”
- “a spotless mirror of the working God.”
Male version of ‘sophia’ used in reference to Jesus by John.
‘Logos’.
R. R. Ruether’s idea of Jesus and God’s relationship and teachings for human relationships.
Jesus refers to God as ‘Abba’ and has a relationship built from trust and respect, teaching that relationships between humans should all be like this rather than with the master-slave complex historically common.
Jesus’ quote about his relationship to the people in John 15.
“I do not call you servants any longer […]; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my father.”
R. R. Ruether’s main book.
Sexism and God-Talk.
Arguments for why a male saviour cannot save a woman.
- Christ, in his maleness, represents the perfect human; thus women can not be perfect humans without negelecting their true identity and becoming masulinized.
- The Davidic King perception of Jesus with emphasis on his masculinity results in oppression of women within the Church.
Aquinas’ teaching on women and Jesus.
“Misbegotten” forms of men, thus Jesus could not have been incarnated as a “defective” woman.
Arguments for why a male saviour can save a woman.
- Jesus was a Messiah figure, with feminine attributes, rather than the violent Davidic Warrior expected.
- The Holy Spirit is important in healing relationships and institutions without gender-specifications.
- Jesus called for the inclusivity of all people, showing compassion and love to everyone no matter who they are.
Claim of the Declaration Inter Insigniores (1976).
A “natural resemblance” between Christ and his ministers is necessary.