GENDER JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE
The very discussion on gender justice in the Bible presupposes suspicion and accusation of injustice to women, caused or perpetuated by the Scripture. Christianity, like any other organized religion, considers its sacred Scripture as its normative basis. Scriptural fundamentalism, which sticks to...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dharmaram College
2004
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 2004, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-148 |
| Further subjects: | B
Patriarchy
B Mothers of Injustice: Passages Breeding Discrimination to Women B Declarations of Equality B Fact of Bible-based Injustice B Injustice Bolstered by Church Fathers B New Testament Passages B Current Forms of Injustice B Masculinization B Old Testament Passages B Validity and Suitability of a ‘Phenomenological’ Approach B Charges Levelled by the Feminists: Androcentrism B Liberative Models and Traditions B Jesuan Justice: A Paradigm Shift B Biblical Basis for Restoring Justice to Women B Doctors and Exegetes B Urgency of Liberative Hermeneutics |
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| Summary: | The very discussion on gender justice in the Bible presupposes suspicion and accusation of injustice to women, caused or perpetuated by the Scripture. Christianity, like any other organized religion, considers its sacred Scripture as its normative basis. Scriptural fundamentalism, which sticks to literal understanding and interpretation of its words, has certainly been detrimental to the cause of women throughout the history of the Church. |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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