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Abstract / Summary

This text examines women’s position in Christianity and explores many of the tensions residing in Christian doctrine and practice. Religion, the authors suggest, is meant to free human beings from the rigors of day-to-day life. But they point out that although Christ, for example, preached women’s equality with men, Church doctrine subseqauently recognized women’s inferior social positions. The authors discuss both Catholic and Protestant traditions, providing a gendered reading of the Bible and analyzing marriage vows to make the case that Christianity is not liberating for women.

Field of Interest

Women and Social Movements

Publisher

International Federation of University Women

Collection

Women and Social Movements, International

Corporate Author

International Federation of University Women

Content Type

Government/institutional document

Duration

0 sec

Format

Text

Page Count

17

Publication Year

1976

Publisher

International Federation of University Women

Subject

Women and Social Movements, History, Women and Social Reform, Transnational Women’s Movement, Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional, Women and Religion, Political and Human Rights, Religious Prescriptions for Women, Equal Rights for Women

Topic

Religious Prescriptions for Women, Equal Rights for Women

Keywords and Translated Subjects

Mujer y Reforma Social, Mulher e Reforma Social, Movimiento de Mujeres Transnacional, Movimento Feminista Transnacional