Religion and Community Cohesion Flashcards
Teachings on equality
- Biblical quote from Galatians
- Stewardship
- Agape
- Good samaritan
- Golden rule
Galatians quote
‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male or female, for you are all one in Christ’- Galatians 3:28
Stewardship
Everything should be treated with respect
Everything/everyone is God given so should be treated with compassion and equality
God made us stewards of the earth to look after it and each other
Agape love
Unconditional love- treat EVERYONE equally and with respect despite their appearance or sexuality etc.
Jesus was a model of agape and loved everyone
Good samaritan
Treat people fairly despite what other people are doing and always do the right thing in situations
Even you have your differences (Jews and Samaritans didn’t get along), help each
‘Love your neighbour’
Golden Rule
‘Treat others as you would like to be treated’
Examples of sexism in our society
- Male terms used
- Men outnumber women 4:1 in Westminster
- In UK, women represent 5% of magazine editors (there is one) even though there are roughly the same amount of mean and women
- Women get 10% of the worlds income and 2%of the world’s property
- Women are expected to be domestic and look after children so can not advance in careers as much as men
Ordination in RCC
No women to be ordained
Ordination in C of E
Women priests and bishops, first priest in 1994
Ordination in Quakers
No ordained clergy- anyone can lead a service
Genesis quote
‘Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken from the man, and he brought her to the man’
Genesis
Women is from man, lesser than him
Eve lead Adam to evil
Conservative Christians follow this, no one else
They believe a woman belongs to a man
Eve’s punishment quote
‘Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you’
Eve’s punishment
Women are ruled over by men
They are sexual objects for child bearing
This is only taught by Conservative Christians
Exodus quote
‘You shall not covet your neighbours house. You shall not covet your neighbours wife… or anything that belongs to your neighbour’
Exodus
Women are mens property
Only Conservative Christians teach this
Teaching from Paul quote
‘A woman should learn in quietness and full submission. I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man; she must be silent… but women will be saved through childbearing’
Teaching from Paul
Impacted RCC because it says women can’t teach, hence they feel it is against God’s will to ordain women