gender and theology

Question 1

Ruether

Answer 1

Christianity has become distorted by patriarchal traditions in need of reform

Question 2

Davidic messiah

Answer 2

male warrior, God’s chosen one instead was a servant king who tended to the poor

Question 3

Simon chan criticises Ruether

Answer 3

rewriting Christianity

Question 4

Daly

Answer 4

Christianity must be abandoned due to misogyny and patriarchy
used as a tool to enforce oppression

Question 5

three headed monster

Answer 5

sexism, racism and classism

Question 6

unholy trinity

Answer 6

rape, genocide and war

Question 7

indian caste system

Answer 7

21 women raped each week

Question 8

Moses on war

Answer 8

‘kill every woman who has slept with a man’

Question 9

phallic morality

Answer 9

penis driven morals

Question 10

Daly’s solution God as a verb

Answer 10

concept of God needs to be ‘castrated’ by referring to God as ‘be-ing’ since verbs are beyond the masculine/feminine description

Question 11

Ruether golden thread argument

Answer 11

idea that there is a theme of liberation in the bible, treatment of marginalised