religion is not patriarchal and weber social change

Question 1

how does early religion show no patriarchy

Answer 1

-around 6,00 yrs ago middle east made women centre of religion
-found female preisthoods
-changed after rise of monotheristic relgions that estbalished all pwoerful male God, male prophets

Question 2

how does contemporary religion show no patriarchy

Answer 2

-aldridge - gender equality in quakers and baha’is
-and other relgions e.g paganism

Question 3

what are religious forms of feminism

Answer 3

-woodhead = religions helps women gain more freedom and respect

Question 4

how does woodhead explain women getting more respect

Answer 4

-hijab or veil = can mean liberation
-hijab to gain parental apporval to enter further ED
-allows them to enter public sphere
without being seen as immodest

Question 5

what are other exmaples of how religion can promote or reflect gender equality

Answer 5

-islam= imporatnce of women role promoted and celebrated
-hindiuism = theres equal number of Gods and Godesses

Question 6

what did weber attempt to explain(social chnage)

Answer 6

-wanted to show that the evolution of new religious ideas can stimualte new social and economic change as people act in terms of beliefs

Question 7

what did weber want to explain

Answer 7

-why capitalist industrialisaiton developed first in western europe rather than other parts even when there was similar levels of tech

Question 8

what did weber identify

Answer 8

-protestant calvinsits
-those who broke from own branch of christianity
-agriculture production to industrial capitalism only occured western europe
-not china or inida w same level acess to materials or tech

Question 9

what did weber conclude from his findings

Answer 9

so it was down to the religious ideas rather than infrusturcture to why capitalism emerged