‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion
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Resumo: | This paper looks at the gendered underpinnings of religion using a feminist lens. It names the violence embedded in the gendered notions of religious ideology and praxis and shows how religion can be “injurious” to women’s growth because of the following factors: the hierarchical dualism that alienates them from the Spirit and identifies them with the body while marginalizing them through their positioning on the lower rungs of the hierarchical ladder; the exclusive male imagery of God and its mediation by an all male priestly class and the scriptural injunctions which are inscribed by patriarchal thought and deployed to keep women in defined roles and spaces. Catholic teachings and practices are taken as a case of analysis to unearth the political dynamics by which religion reinforces ‘gendering –women’s exclusion from theological knowledge making spaces and the gendered religious indoctrination which become hegemonic codes that shape women’s consciousness and keep them without grievance in their subjugated status. It shows further how female body and sexuality are major sites of religious gender politics through the strict controls on women’s dress-codes and the sexual servicing expected of them in marriage. Finally, the paper advocates critical thought as a tool for exploding the hardened rock of gendered religious foundations and shows how overcoming the contradictory consciousness and waking up to a critical consciousness becomes imperative for women to be freed of the gender dictates of religion. Key words: gender, religion, theological knowledge-making, sexuality, critical consciusness |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religiongenderreligiontheological knowledge-makingsexualitycritical consciusnessReligião e gêneroThis paper looks at the gendered underpinnings of religion using a feminist lens. It names the violence embedded in the gendered notions of religious ideology and praxis and shows how religion can be “injurious” to women’s growth because of the following factors: the hierarchical dualism that alienates them from the Spirit and identifies them with the body while marginalizing them through their positioning on the lower rungs of the hierarchical ladder; the exclusive male imagery of God and its mediation by an all male priestly class and the scriptural injunctions which are inscribed by patriarchal thought and deployed to keep women in defined roles and spaces. Catholic teachings and practices are taken as a case of analysis to unearth the political dynamics by which religion reinforces ‘gendering –women’s exclusion from theological knowledge making spaces and the gendered religious indoctrination which become hegemonic codes that shape women’s consciousness and keep them without grievance in their subjugated status. It shows further how female body and sexuality are major sites of religious gender politics through the strict controls on women’s dress-codes and the sexual servicing expected of them in marriage. Finally, the paper advocates critical thought as a tool for exploding the hardened rock of gendered religious foundations and shows how overcoming the contradictory consciousness and waking up to a critical consciousness becomes imperative for women to be freed of the gender dictates of religion. Key words: gender, religion, theological knowledge-making, sexuality, critical consciusnessEditora PUC Minas2015-09-30info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2015v13n39p129610.5752/P.2175-5841.2015v13n39p1296HORIZONTE - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião; vol. 13, n. 39, jul./set. 2015 - Dossiê: Relações de Gênero e Religião; 1296-1314HORIZONTE - Journal of Studies in Theology and Religious Sciences; Vol. 13, no. 39, July/Sept. 2015 - Dossier: Gender and Religion; 1296-13142175-5841reponame:Horizonte - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religiãoinstname:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas)instacron:PUC_MINSenghttp://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2015v13n39p1296/8631Abraham, Kochuraniinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2018-06-11T14:44:29Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/9593Revistahttp://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonteONGhttp://periodicos.pucminas.br/index.php/horizonte/oaihorizonte.pucminas@gmail.com2175-58411679-9615opendoar:2018-06-11T14:44:29Horizonte - Revista de Estudos de Teologia e Ciências da Religião - Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas)false |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion Abraham, Kochurani gender religion theological knowledge-making sexuality critical consciusness Religião e gênero |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion |
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‘Enlisting in the struggle to be free’: A feminist wrestle with gender and religion |
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Abraham, Kochurani |
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Abraham, Kochurani |
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Abraham, Kochurani |
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gender religion theological knowledge-making sexuality critical consciusness Religião e gênero |
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gender religion theological knowledge-making sexuality critical consciusness Religião e gênero |
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This paper looks at the gendered underpinnings of religion using a feminist lens. It names the violence embedded in the gendered notions of religious ideology and praxis and shows how religion can be “injurious” to women’s growth because of the following factors: the hierarchical dualism that alienates them from the Spirit and identifies them with the body while marginalizing them through their positioning on the lower rungs of the hierarchical ladder; the exclusive male imagery of God and its mediation by an all male priestly class and the scriptural injunctions which are inscribed by patriarchal thought and deployed to keep women in defined roles and spaces. Catholic teachings and practices are taken as a case of analysis to unearth the political dynamics by which religion reinforces ‘gendering –women’s exclusion from theological knowledge making spaces and the gendered religious indoctrination which become hegemonic codes that shape women’s consciousness and keep them without grievance in their subjugated status. It shows further how female body and sexuality are major sites of religious gender politics through the strict controls on women’s dress-codes and the sexual servicing expected of them in marriage. Finally, the paper advocates critical thought as a tool for exploding the hardened rock of gendered religious foundations and shows how overcoming the contradictory consciousness and waking up to a critical consciousness becomes imperative for women to be freed of the gender dictates of religion. Key words: gender, religion, theological knowledge-making, sexuality, critical consciusness |
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