Can you give me a list of the good things that Christianity has done for the feminist movement
2007-09-24 08:49:49 · 9 answers · asked by darwinsfriend AM 5 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Well, they have finally admitted that women have souls!
And now they even admit that women may work outside the house, but only to support the family.
Heck, someday they may even let us have some control over our own reproduction! How exciting!
2007-09-24 08:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 2⤋
Well, Christianity is composed of many different sects so you might want to pick one particular sect to focus on. There are lots of interesting choices. If you look at the history of Quakers into the 16th and 17th century, you see really radical social views of gender equality that led to their persecution in England and the colonial U.S.
Liberation Theology in Catholicism has a really great, progressive history. There have been tons of great Catholic women and men activists.
The history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference/Black Church in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement is an exemplary case of Christianity helping progressive social movements.
2007-09-24 18:14:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some churches (can't remember which) have begun ordaining female priests. Don't forget to mention that. You might also want to write about Pope John Paul II's liberalism and what sort of impact it has had on women.
2007-09-24 15:54:59 · answer #3 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Judeo-Christian tradition constructed a model of personhood (God) that is effectual and transcendent in relation to the concreteness and immediacy of animal experience and materiality. God's role as that Being in whose image we are created makes God's personhood a model for human personhood.
___This construct of personhood involves attributes of creative, self-causing responsibility for one's behavior. On one hand, this is the basis for moral constructs, while on te other hand it presupposes that human actions are effectual in the world. This latter presupposition enables humans to self-consciously construct societal institutions with certain goals in mind, and to self-consciously construct procedures for inquiry into truth, which is one of the bases of modern science.
___Much of Western inquiry concerns itself with general truths or principles regarding the human condition, and the principle of equality is one of these.
___There are intellectual traditions that arose in the nations of Judeo-Christian influence that didn't arise anywhere else, and the "tall" model of personhood provided by this tradition is fundamental to them. To the extent that the historical appearance of feminism required these traditions, it has the Judeo-Christian tradition to thank.
2007-09-24 20:32:51 · answer #4 · answered by G-zilla 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some churches let women wear pants to church. And very few require hats, these days.
2007-09-24 16:47:07 · answer #5 · answered by ♥≈Safi≈♥ ☼of the Atheati☼ 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You may start by writing 'on' paper... writing 'a' paper would be fun to try to :p
The C of E (Church of England) helped in the fight for women's right to vote... sadly, they played no part in getting men the right to vote just ten years earlier than women won the right.
2007-09-24 16:03:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Christianity FOUNDED the Feminist movement.. why do you think MARY is the one that had Jesus and not JOSEPH.
DUH
2007-09-24 16:26:57 · answer #7 · answered by nixity 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋
none, Christians are quite opposed to feminism. heck, some of them even blamed 9/11 on feminism!!
2007-09-24 16:10:07 · answer #8 · answered by Apple 6 · 6⤊ 4⤋
God is actually a woman !
2007-09-24 16:33:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋