Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Feminist Views of
Religion
- Most Feminists
agree with Marxists
that religion does not
serve the interests of
society as a whole but
rather serves the
interests of patriarchy
- Origins of gender
inequality in relgion
- Karen Armstrong (1993)
argues religion has not
always been patriarchal
and claims that in early
history women were
considered central to
spirituality with few
portrayals of male gods
- Gender inequality in
major religions.
- Jean Holm (1994) in the
public sphere of religion where
important positions are held
and public announcements are
made, men always dominate
however in the private sphere
the socialisation of children
into a religion within families,
women are dominant and do
most of the religious work.
- Nawal El Saadawi: The
Hidden Face of Eve.
- Mainly concerned with
the oppression of women
in the Islamic Arab world.
- She argues that women are
often oppressed in Islamic
states with acts such as female
circumcision being the result of
male misinterpretations of the
Qur'an which distort the true
beliefs and are used to justify
exploitation of women
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