Week 12 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Kettubah
Marriage contract in Judaism.
Protects economic rights of women.
Chuppah
A wedding canopy. Symbolizes potential home.
Glass Breaking
Represents destruction of Jewish temple, fragility of life.
Judaism and Divorce
Legal, but discouraged.
Get
Jewish divorce papers
The Agunah
Jewish women are chained if their husband does not grant her a get, or is not able to. This leaves her unable to marry.
Halakhah
Material in the Talmud of legal nature.
Says that maternal line determines an authentic Jew.
Women and Paul
Paul said many women served as leaders in early Christian communities. He said they were equal.
Three orders of Ministry
Bishop, priest, deacon. All of which women could not be.
Women in Catholicism
Nuns are a female monastic community.
Beguines
A group of unconsecrated women, who did not follow rules of local bishops.
Women during Continental Reformation
Luther thought women were inferior.
Women could only preach if men weren’t available.
Women during Revivalism
Protestant churches were more open to women, they baptized all. Dominant view: men in public women in private. With middle class growing, women could afford to go public.
Justifications for Sexism
Christ was male, so females can’t represent him. Earlier churches did the same thing.
Marriage in Islam
Divorce is possible, but discouraged. Sexual equality in marriage. Polygyny is allowed, but only as exception.
Essay
Women in Islam, Christianity and Judaism.
