Feminist theology is a movement found in several religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Neopaganism, Baháʼí Faith, Judaism, Christianity and New Thought, to reconsider the traditions, practices, scriptures, and theologies of those religions from a feminist perspective.
"Feminist theology is a theological movement primarily within Christianity and Judaism that is intended to reexamine scriptural teachings on women and women's roles from a woman's perspective. Feminist theology attempts to counter arguments or practices that place women in inferior spiritual or moral positions.
Islamists are advocates of political Islam, the notion that the Quran and hadith mandate an Islamic government. Some Islamists advocate women's rights in the public sphere but do not challenge gender inequality in the personal, private sphere.
Feminist theology, the study of God with special attention to women's ex- perience and their struggle for equality and justice, can be approached from at least three different perspectives: feminist theology as story, as history, and as traditional concepts and categories of academic theology.
Rosemary Radford Ruether, a founding mother of feminist theology, has died at age 85. Rosemary Radford Ruether was among the first scholars to think deeply about the role of women in Christianity.
Feminist biblical criticism is a form of scholarly inquiry rooted in the awareness that sexism characterizes both the biblical text and the institutions that claim it and interpret it – both past and present.
For most of recorded history, only isolated voices spoke out against the inferior status of women, presaging the arguments to come. In late 14th- and early 15th-century France, the first feminist philosopher, Christine de Pisan, challenged prevailing attitudes toward women with a bold call for female education.
Artemis represents the independent feminine spirit and is perhaps the most feminist of all the goddesses. She is very sisterly, and women who relate to this archetype consider their friendships with other women very important.
Christology has traditionally been defined in a way that excluded women from ordination and representation of Christ. Yet the New Testament defined redemption in Christ as gender inclusive. Some form of Christianity, such as the Shakers, created visions of the return of Christ as female.
Feminist Theology generally arose in the circles of theologically educated women involved in Liberation Theology. These women were dismayed when their male colleagues resisted any incorporation of gender in their model of social analysis.
Men are providers for women and in exchange for support, women should be obedient and serve their husbands. They should keep their virginity and after marriage, loyalty, chastity and complete dedication to their husbands are prerequisite for securing maintenance. Women are seen as weak and as easily overpowered by men.
The Quran advocates equality between all and says that the only good deeds may raise the status of one human over another.
According to Islam,God has given man this right of equality as a birthright. Therefore no man should be discriminated against on the ground of the colour of his skin, his place of birth, the race or the nation in which he was born.
Buddhist feminism is a movement that seeks to improve the religious, legal, and social status of women within Buddhism. It is an aspect of feminist theology which seeks to advance and understand the equality of men and women morally, socially, spiritually, and in leadership from a Buddhist perspective.
Feminism is defined as the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. The goal of feminism is to challenge the systemic inequalities women face on a daily basis.
Feminist criticism of religion includes both feminist theology, which focuses on reforming religious traditions to be more egalitarian, and feminist scholarship in the academic study of religion, which challenges scholars to re-evaluate dominant models, such as the category of religion itself.
A husband and father is the head of his household, a family leader, provider, and protector. Male leadership in the home carries over into the church: only men are permitted to hold ruling positions in the church. A God-honoring society will likewise prefer male leadership in civil and other spheres.
Feminist philosophy is philosophy that is aimed at understanding and challenging the oppression of women. Feminist philosophy examines issues that are traditionally found in practical ethics and political philosophy, metaphysics, epistemology and philosophy of language.
Feminist theologians value the suffering they observe on the cross; it is a great comfort to know that God is not indifferent to the tribulations of His/Her people. This suffering should be recognized, mourned and remembered. The cross bears a sacramental witness to the character of God.
The most self-identifying feminists live in Sweden, France, Italy, Britain, Australia, the US, Turkey, Denmark, Mexico, and Germany. But people who live in countries that are further along in achieving gender equality don't necessarily consider themselves feminists, according to a new survey.
Mary Wollstonecraft has had something of a revival in recent years. Though considered the mother of first-wave feminism, the 18th-century philosopher long endured her share of trolls refusing to take her seriously.
The National Organization for Women is the largest organization of feminist grassroots activists in the United States. NOW has hundreds of chapters and hundreds of thousands of members and activists in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Toxic femininity refers to the adherence to the gender binary in order to receive conditional value in patriarchal societies. It is a concept that restricts women to being cooperative, passive, sexually submissive, gentle, and deriving their value from physical beauty while being pleasing to men.
Alison Jagger has defined four theories of feminism; liberal feminism, Marxist feminism, socialist feminism, and radical feminism more clearly for the first time (Jagger, 1983).
Most feminists agree on five basic principles—working to increase equality, expanding human choice, eliminating gender stratification, ending sexual violence, and promoting sexual freedom.