Gender and theology Flashcards
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Name all the scholars involved in this topic
- Mary Daly
- Rosemary Radford Reuther
- Simon Chan
- Elizabeth Fiorenza
what is Mary Dalys book?
‘Beyond God the Father: Toward a philosophy of women’s liberation’
why did Mary Daly reject Christianity?
Biblical image of God is male - ‘God the father’ , father being male , which has made the universe to be male dominated = husbands dominate wife
who was ‘Tertullian’ why did Daly reject them in the chrisitian religion?
was an early theologian who believed women were ‘the devils gateway’
what did Daly critique the Pope about?
that women’s vocation is to be a mother
what were the three things that made up Dalys unholy Trinitys
- rape
- war
- genocide
what did daly think rape was a symbol off?
symbol of all violent oppression built and connects to create society that encompasses
what does the mentality of rape create win the culture of our world?
creates a persuasive culture of violence which is difficult to break off
what did Daly call the leaders of society?
‘sovereigns of sado-society’
how do the leaders of the society erase female power?
through using culture , religion , politics and media
what is patriarchal possessed sleeping?
when women have become immune to the inequality - daly called genocide
what is an example of rape in the bible?
Numbers 31:17-18
“and kill every women who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has member slept with a man”
what did daly believe war was a result off?
of male dominated politics where men are trying to do powerful acts of violence to defeat the enemy
what did daly argue about language and how men use it during war?
whats an example?
men cover up the extent of their violence through war , use technical language
ie: ‘collateral damage’ - used to cover up the fact innocent lives were taken
how is war covered up by men?
phallic mentality
phallic morlaity
as a result of men dominating over everything , morality, construction of buildings etc, what did she argue women need to do?
whats a counter argument to her agrument?
Daly - argued women need to reject moral standards due to it being constructed by men
CA: meta ethics - emotivism - claim morality not male made , not an objective truth men made rather expressions from all members of society
how did daly argue christianity was involved in men shaping moral and social standards?
the incarnation - Jesus was male
genocide, war and rape and impregnated in Christianity itself and is fundamental so to change the culture of society need to abolish Christianity
definition of genocide?
deliberate killing of a large group of people
daly argued another part of the unholy trinity is linked to genocide, which one is it?
rape
how did daly agree rape demonstrated patriarchal?
gives male and females unequal power as male dominating over the women
the uniqueness is reinforced at home, work and school or for entertainment - ie adverts we see
how did daly argue genocide and rape dehumanises a human?
rape makes a person victims of violence
makes the victim objective to the rapist
the person who has been raped is now no longer an individual person, they are part of a group of people who have been raped
they’ve lost their individuality
what is a groupthink?
when a group pressures everyone to conform and define who is in and who is out
why is the Catholic Church a groupthink according to daly?
against women, LGBTQ+ and basically just male dominated so male in and women and everyone else out
how did Daly link jewdaism to christianity?
why was this controversial?
people of Israel were the chosen people because they were a different religion to everyone else
controversial because could make Dalys argument signify jewish identity to genocide when genocide related to the holocaust
