No Social Conventions for Jesus

of oppression, understanding the central core of the Gospels as Jesus' identification with the poor

Three identifiers, as defined by the author, that describe Jesus as social status as a man include being a Palestinian Jew, being impoverished and belonging to a minority group among the majority Roman rule. Thurman points out that Jesus would have grown up experiencing the resentment of his kinsman of the Romans and the oppression of being poor. The question is asked by the author why does Jesus differ from many others in his same setting?” The answer according to Thurman is found in what makes Jesus unique and not the same has his fellow citizens. Jesus know that it was only through up lifting the inner spirit that humankind would be triumphed not through conquering their oppressors through physical force. Jesus is interpreted as the great liberator of the oppressed spirit. Through his teachings and actions, Jesus provides the tools to overcome the great oppressors fear, deception and

between two groups that are unequal in power and control.” Last week’s reading lesson tells us that Jesus was born in a poor society. In my conclusion, I believe that Jesus defied the system of

Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and Alice Paul, to name a few. One letter by Grimke to Beecher—The Sphere of Woman and Man as Moral Beings the Same—spoke of how women were equal to men by quoting paragraphs from a book, disputing them, and then stating her own opinions. One of Grimke’s quotes is about how man gains his superiority and following by instilling “a sense of shame, by fear and by personal interest” and drives by “physical force”. Although, Grimke disputes this quote saying that, if this were true of Jesus and if Jesus had told his disciples when he sent them out to preach the gospel, would they use fear, shame, and personal interest to get the result they want? Would they drive by physical force? No, Grimke doesn’t think so. Grimke’s overall point is that, if women are suppose to be “kindly, generous, peaceful and benevolent”, and men are suppose to “strike fear” and “use force”, that women are in fact the superior and men are the subordinate because Jesus says that, “moral power is immeasurably superior to 'physical

Jesus shows Christians that they should take pity on people in need. People are equal in the eyes of God and we shouldn’t discriminate against others, especially when it degrades them and us. We need to help people in need. These are people who live in the developing countries or are in poverty. People who don’t have enough food or water to live and don’t have enough money to produce them.

The risk of obesity was higher if one had direct contact with an obese person. There are a few reasons to why this could be possible. One of the possible reasons that Christakis believes this occurs is through a social norm. You start to hang out with someone bigger than you and you both start doing the same thing. You look at them and you start to accept the fact that its okay to be bigger so your ideal image changes from what you originally thought was normal.

Women were supposed to be seen and not heard. They cared for the home, their husband, and their children. Anything outside of those 3 areas stumbled upon by women were frowned against. Such as politics, jobs, and education. They were supposed to always submit to the will of their husbands without regards to their own feelings or thoughts. If they did not, which they rarely did, men were allowed to beat their wives. Common law gave way to the 'Rule of Thumb ' that stated that it was a husband 's right to beat his wife with a stick no thicker than his thumb and was often done and was normal. They could be beaten as if they were children or animals, not a fellow peer. It is in this rule that clearly illustrates men 's superiority over women. Women were not equal and were thought of as less than, fragile and weak. They were property, just like the land. Women barely had any rights, and in the eyes of the dominant male figures, that is the way God intended it to be. Divorces were rarely executed and if they were, in some towns the women were cut off and shunned upon. They also couldn 't keep custody of their children if they got one. The idea of family was very important. In

Luke’s Gospel specifically shows special concerns for those that are oppressed, looked-down upon, and outcasts of society. Jesus tends to reach out to those people. Why? Jesus is challenging attitudes that limit God’s care or blessings to any particular group or nation. And then proceeds to insist that the gospel proclaimed is a message of hope for all people.

Luke’s Gospel is a portrayal of Jesus as a model of social justice. Hence, the reader is empowered and influenced by the Gospel to be actively involved in social justice issues. The Catholic Church has sought to reach out to those in need, and Luke’s Gospel demonstrates this through injustices that Jesus challenged. In addition, mental illness, which is a current social justice issue reflects and appeals to problems that Jesus faced and reacted to in his time.

In order to discuss what we can learn from Luke about Jesus’ attitudes to women we must first understand a little about Luke himself. According to Charpentier E (1981:81) Luke had been seen as the, ‘beloved physician’, which is also cited in Hayes, M A. and Gearon L (1998:145) whom further state that Luke travelled with Paul from Troas to Philippi in Greece, Paul, (Col 4:14) expressly calls him, ‘the beloved physician’. He was in fact Paul’s medical adviser. Luke’s acts were written in c AD 80.

A reason for not disregarding her as his mother is maybe Jesus knew he was about to die, and had a change of

The women merely cleaned, took care of the children, cooked, and served as spiritual leaders of their household. It is their responsibility to see that their family attended church every week. Attending church is mandatory and expected from everyone, to gain acceptance. In final consideration, the women were involuntary secondary to the men of this day.

Women were expected to basically be merely an object, even a trophy for their husbands. They were expected to stay home and clean, as well as cook. With all these expected tasks, women hardly had any time to branch out and figure out what they wanted to do with their life. They had no time for leisure activities of any kind because, of course, their activities involved taking care of the house. Women were also seen as the weaker sex, always submissive to their dominant male counterpart. Although the women were submissive, they were held to a higher moral standard. Adultery was twice shamed upon if committed by a woman rather than a man. (Hughes par.3) A woman could be stoned to death, but people would turn their cheek for a man while the woman still was expected to stay beside the man.

Jesus is portrayed as a compassionate healer and teacher in Luke's gospel. Luke also portrays Jesus as a saviour in the image of a divine man. Like was a well educated jew that was struggling with the christians new faith. Luke is one of the synoptic gospels in the New Testament whose audience appears to be gentiles. Luke portrays Jesus as a person who reaches out to the poor and brings Justice to all. In Luke 10:38-42 Jesus visited Martha and Mary. Martha was disrespectful to Jesus as she put cleaning before Jesus, where as Mary sat down at Jesus’ foot and stayed with him. Jesus then says “Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things” Jesus is showing compassion and love even though Martha was showing disrespect towards Jesus. Overall,

Jesus challenged the ideas, beliefs and actions in Jewish society that he lived in causing many people to despise him. He had broken the tradition various times of starting conversations with women. He challenged the custom allowing men to divorce their wives as it leaves the women in danger and hopeless, it states in John 4: 1-27. Jesus challenged the Jewish custom of allowing men to divorce their wives for any reason, a tradition that endangered women's lives because they had no other means of support in the patriarchal culture. He also broke the tradition for touching women during prayer for healing or allowing them to touch him. It is written in the bible, Mark 5: 25-34 when a woman reached out to him while he was teaching. The woman was suffering from a bleeding disorder and was therefore considered unclean, making his actions even more radical. He also associated with people that were considered unclean by the Jewish Society, these people suffered from dieses, disabilities and medical conditions. They viewed as having done something sinful in their life which had caused God to punish them. A famous passage in the bible states Jesus healed a leper by touching him, according to Matthew 8: 1-4, and a boy with epilepsy in Luke 9: 40-44. By associating with these people had caused them to react negatively by calling a glutton, drunkard and sinner. Mohatma Ghandi challenged the British rule and many other social problems causing many of