In The Book Titled, Feminism And Christianity, Caryn D.

Proponents argue that the attitude of Jesus toward women in the four canonical Gospels is different from that of his contemporaries, whether Greek or Jewish. The wisdom of the ancients about women is totally absent from the traditions about Jesus. Jesus was perfectly at ease in the company of women since from him equality between sexes was not so much a distant legislative goal as a rather self-evident fact. Jesus had women followers who learned from him, traveled with him at all times, and supported him financially (Luke 8:2-3; and Mark 14:41). He frequently ministered to women: he healed Peter’s mother-in-law (Mark 1:29-31); he exercised a demon from the daughter of a Syrophoenician woman (Mark 7:24-30; Matthew 15:21-30); he raised Jarius’

This view caused me to analyze the text in a different way than the other members of my group. The other members of my group read more into what the author meant by “feminist," including examples of feminist experiences and feminists involved in Christianity throughout history. This focus is especially notable in one essay that concludes that feminism is not what they thought it to be — selfish, angry, career-driven women — but instead a group of people who want equality for all. Many of the CORE essays focus similar to Japinga’s point that women deserve equal, fair treatment because they are human made in the image of God. While reading through the CORE essays and reflecting on Japinga’s main arguments, my main analysis comes in one question — what does it take to be considered fully human

Jesus’ treatment of women was very unconventional. Jesus treated women with equality and respect. This was unusual because during the time of Jesus women were considered to be second-class citizens. Women were considered inferior to men, left to do all the house work, including cleaning, cooking and making sure all the food in the house is kosher. Women on their periods were considered to be ritually unclean and filthy and not allowed to be in public or interact with the community. Jesus treated women with compassion and kindness. This is evident when he raised the one son of a widow, a lady with no husband or man to provide for her, relying on her only son for money and food, but he dies and now she has no income and will run out of money and die. Jesus raises the boy from the dead so that the lady and her family can live on and survive. Jesus also viewed women as being equal to men and therefore entitled to be educated about the Jewish scriptures. During Jesus’ time women were considered unworthy of being educated, they could not learn or study the Torah, also known as the Jewish scriptures, and were only allowed into a certain part of the

Paul’s letter to the Romans is special in many ways. It has provided the church with such theological doctrine. Within its long text, Paul assures equal judgment by God as well as equal chances to pursue righteousness to God. Paul addresses the debacle of Israel and the implications of that on the Gentiles. Paul looks to the Roman house-churches and tackles possible issues within their context. Paul encourages the Romans to respect and not resist governing authorities. One topic Paul does not touch explicitly is the role of women in the church, but implicitly Paul speaks volumes about women within the church. In chapter 16, Paul commends and greets several women. His language gives strong clues to the state of women in the ministry of the early church. This paper will explore the way Paul commends and greets Phoebe, Prisca, Mary, and Junia and the implications of those greetings to reach beyond the belittling of women in the church.

the role of the female gender and its relation to biblical teachings. This paper seeks to discuss the

Introduction Misogyny is a dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. When dealing with misogyny, one would have to have a subjective opinion about women. The basis of subjectivity is the relationship to the way a person experiences things in his or her own mind. If God’s thoughts are subject how does that affect His relationship with women? Some may agree that there are verses in the Bible that sound misogynistic; however, there are some verses convey women in a positive manner.

I will not be focusing on the modern idea of feminism or the movement, but rather the Biblical stance on the subject. I will begin by analyzing and comparing modern feminism to biblical contextualized womanhood. This includes identifying the differences between gender roles, gender, and womanhood, as discerned in the Biblical context. In addition, I will clarify the issues that the idea of feminism causes when it is lined up with it. Furthermore, I will emphasize the importance of woman in the Bible. I will analyze characters such as Mary Magdalene, Rahab, Hannah, the Samaritan women and Esther and the important roles they played in strengthening the image of a Biblical Woman. Last, I will outline what the bible says in relation to gender equality and what it emphasizes on the

Not only was Calvin innovative in his beliefs on Paul’s teachings, but also in his thinking of women in the Bible. He believed that some women held great importance in the Bible, and although he thought the purpose was to embarrass men, it was still a step past the belief that women held no importance at all. First, Calvin saw the importance when Jesus first appears to women and not men after his resurrection. Because the men had fled, Jesus sent women to the disciples in order to teach them about their wrongdoings. Even though he thought this was the purpose, Calvin believed that since Christ gave these women the apostolic mandate and appeared to them first, they helped “with reuniting and restoring the scattered church” (Douglass 59).

Women have always been looked at as weaker, less intelligent, and considered to be under men. Women have even been blamed for the “original sin”. Meaning, women are morally weaker and likely to tempt men to sin” (Bovey). Implying this is like saying women are the cause of all sin, and are responsible for man’s sins and that it’s the woman's fault if a man does bad things. “The place of a women was dictated by the biblical text. The apostle Paul emphasizes men’s authority over women, forbidding women to teach, and instructed women to remain silent, but Mary [of the bible] was seen as the most powerful of all saints and she changed it for the women” (Bovey). This shows women didn’t have authority over men and so they were considered “under

Feminist theory and Christian worldview can be integrated but to what extent? Too much emphasis on the abstract, detached mind leads us astray. To be fully human does not require sex or gender but it does require God’s image. That, it seems, does not disappear with gender or sex, for both God and the angels are personal yet without sex or gender. As such, the thin essential properties of humanity, being rooted in God’s creative work, remain forever whereas the human cultural creations of gender and sex do not. In the beginning we are sexed and gendered (Genesis). In the end, we are neither (Galatians), hence the solution to the apparent contradiction of the Christian scriptures on gender.

Jesus was a man who loved all who came to him. From the little children to the oldest of men, Jesus Christ was not discriminatory to anyone he came across. But when it came to women, the gender that most people ignored aside from the purpose of procreation, Jesus did not feel any different. However, was Jesus just showing them the love of God or was he truly on their side? Therefore, if Jesus truly is who the Bible says He is, then He is a feminist through and through.

It is tough to get a clear look into the ways Meyers interprets textual evidence since her focus on women’s religion is often marginalized. Nonetheless, she does with what she has to make a full and convincing argument. Meyers identifies that feminist biblical study is masculinized, so she decides to uncover the role of women in the sanctuary through the Deuteronomic use of unisexual terms such as “you” and “person”. In doing so, she concludes that both women and men were to engage in communal events and offerings (Meyers 2002, 279-280).

The Bible is controversial on the matter of gender equality. There are numerous contradictions about the status of women in Christian society. Historically, the most prominent interpretation has been rather negative toward women. The Christian Church, with principally male authority, emphasizes the idea that women are inferior to man. They focus on Eve’s sin leading to a punishment that “her husband will have authority over her.” (Drury, 34)

All throughout the Gospels Jesus talks to and about women. He raised them up when all society did was push them lower. The earth shouted condemnation upon women but Jesus shouted love and adoration. Women had no authority, but he called them to follow him. Women were trapped, in house but Jesus called them out. Women were inferior to men, but Jesus said he loved them both. Women’s words were not trusted, yet Jesus trusted them to tell others of his resurrection. Women couldn’t talk to strangers; Jesus honored them when they did. Women couldn’t interact with male guests, so Jesus interacted with them and broke the status quo. Women were owned by men, but Jesus said that they were heirs to God’s throne. Jesus heals, helps, hears, harbors, and

She wrote, “Branches of Christianity that allowed women to act as leaders were declared heretical. According to New Testament scholar Karen King, earlier texts that showed evidence of women in leadership were eventually erased or even rewritten”(Kuruvilla,2016). Kelly Frazier wrote, “The majority religion for women in the United States is Christianity, with 70.6% of the population being a member of a Christian denomination. 31.5% of the entire female world population is Christian, while 55% of the protestant Christian group are women” (Frazier, 2016). There are many factors in Christianity that show women rights being violated. Women are expected to uphold the word of God, but men are not kept to the same standard. Linda Harts Rump wrote an article about Christianity in the early years. She says, “Christianity taught a spiritual unity that at least potentially mitigated the harshness of Roman law, in which women were considered non-citizens with no legal rights.” (Rump, 2008). Unfortunately, some of these unjust ways of living through this religion still stand in today’s society. Rump wrote, “Inequality was everywhere in this system; for example, while men's adultery was assumed, women's was punishable by