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On the Dignity and Vocation of Women John Paul II: Mulieris Dignitatem (1988) On the Dignity and Vocation of Women John Paul II: Mulieris Dignitatem (1988) The Media: Modern Forum for Promoting the Role of Women in Society John Paul II: World Communications Day Message May 19, 1996 To the Women of the World 1995 letter from Pope John Paul II Woman's Moral Nobility April 1996 general audience of Pope John Paul II Papal Directives For the Woman of Today Pope Pius XII (1947) Strengthening the Bonds of Peace A 1994 Pastoral Reflection by the US bishops on women in the church and in society A Guide to Gender Inclusive Language in the Catholic Church A 1997 Statement from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Statements on Women By Church Fathers, Doctors, and Saints Woman Seen as a ‘Problem’ and as ‘Solution’ in the Theological Anthropoloqy of the Early Fathers: Considering the Consequences Article by Dr.Marie-Henry Keane O.P., formerly Prof. in Systematic Theology Dept. of Univ. of South Africa, Pretoria. Paper presented to Catholic Theological Society of South Africa, October 1987 The Production of the Woman Saint Thomas Aquinas in his Summa Theologica Two Sermons on Wives and Widows By St. Bernardino of Siena, preached in the great public square of his native Siena during August and September of the year 1427 Jesus Was a Feminist Leonard Swidler Jesus and Women Article by Christine Schenk, project coordinator of the Women in Church Leadership project Jesus and Women: Luke's Gospel Article by Jane Kopas in Theology Today Christology and Feminism:Can a Male Saviour Save Women ? Article by Rosemary Radford Ruether. From To change the World, Crossroad, New York 1981 Is Paul the Father of Misogyny and Antisemitism? Article by Pamela Eisenbaum in CrossCurrents God and Feminism John B. Cobb, Jr The Incomprehensibility of God and the Image of God Male and Female Article by Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J. in Theological Studies, 1984 Christian + Feminist A collection of articles and links by Elizabeth T. Knuth, dedicated to the proposition that faith and feminism are not mutually exclusive Reclaiming Women’s Part in Redeeming Article by Mary Grey. Chapter 7 from Redeeming the Dream: Feminism, Redemption and Christian Tradition, SPCK, London 1989 Global Women's Project Information & links provided by the Center of Concern Women Give Life to the Church From the Forum of European Christians Catholic Perspective on Women in Society and in the Church A couple of dozen items, many quotes from Pope John Paul II, on the Christian vision, women in society, women in the life of the Church, and St. Augustine on women The Status of Women in the Code of Canon Law and in the United Nations Convention Article by Marie-Thérèse van Lunen Chénu and Louise Wentholt in Praxis juridique et religion, 1984 Women in the Bible and the Lectionary By Ruth Fox, OSB Catholic Anti-Feminism Theology Library links St Augustine--A Male Chauvinist? 1994 talk at Cambridge by Fr. Edmund Hill, OP Why do I Stay? By Ingrid H. Shafer, Ph.D., Professor of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma. "I have been asked many times why I choose to remain a Catholic. 'What,' wrote one correspondent recently, 'is relevant to women in the Catholic Church?'" Women in the Church Reflections from the Issues Group of St. Aloysius Parish in Point Arena, California Sisters Between: Gender and the Medieval Beguines By Abby Stoner. The Beguines of northern Europe have been called the first women's movement in Christian history. This group of religiously dedicated laywomen, who took no permanent vows, followed no prescribed rule, supported themselves by manual labor, interacted with the "world," and remained celibate, flourished in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries--a time when the Church had defined two legitimate roles for pious women: cloistered nun and keeper at home Message From Mother Teresa to the Fourth U.N. Women's Conference A litany of women for the church From the Benedictine Sisters of Erie "Male Spirituality": A Feminist Evaluation By Elizabeth T. Knuth Religion in a new key: Global perspectives and encounters challenging the study of religions 1996 article by Ursula King in the South African journal "Religion & Theology." See the section entitled "The Challenge of Gender Insights." Jesuits and the Situation of Women in Church and Civil Society From the 34th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus Women And The Australian Church An organization that seeks to provide a forum for those searching and longing for an inclusive church. See especially the articles on the RESOURCES page Christology, African Women And Ministry Laurenti Magesa My work for women and girl refugees in Malawi Ryckeboer Ludwina, MMS A New Feminism Helen Alvaré, a national spokeswoman for United States Catholic Bishops, looks at Pope John Paul's call for a new kind of feminism - and a critique of "old feminism" Enculturation and Inculturation: The Gospel of Liberation and the Culture of African Womanhood Dr U.E. Umoren Why were men considered superior? Chapter 3 of a 1986 book by John Wijngaards, mhm Woman Article in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia Ministry in Context: The Feminine Principle Panel Presentation to Mission Helpers of the Sacred Heart Julian of Norwich's "Christ as Mother" and Medieval Constructions of Gender Presentation by Thomas L. Long, English Department, Thomas Nelson Community College, Hampton, VA The Liberation of Women: Religious Sources By Nelia Beth Scovill, who is currently teaching religious studies classes at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin NOT That Old Time Religion.... By Susana Gallardo on her Chicana feminist homepage Religion, Philosophy, Theology, and the History of Religion Excellent summaries of about 30 books by feminist authors and theologians. Lots and lots of primary material with exact reference information provided Protestant Anti-Feminism Theology Library links Is God A Woman? By Gayle S. Myers, a mother, teacher, and writer from Virginia Beach, Virginia The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth, commonly called The Churching of Women "In the context of my own theological work, that of feminist theology, I often find it all too quickly despised as yet another expression of the church's misogyny. It is understood as an expression of the common understanding of women, and especially women who give birth, as defiling and ritually impure. But as a more detailed study of the rite itself and its history shows, the case is more sophisticated than that" Gender: "Male and Female Created He Them" An article taken from And Adam Knew Eve: A Dictionary of Sex in the Bible, by Ronald L. Ecker Eve and Pandora Contrasted Article by William E. Phipps in Theology Today. Contrary to prevailing opinion, there is reason to hold that the myths of Eve and Pandora are quite dissimilar in original meaning. Our lack of awareness of this difference has been due to interpreters throughout Western civilization who have mingled these two stories together. The Doves Kinswoman Reflections by Jim McKay on the biblical foundations for women's ministry in the church The Status of Women in the Bible From the Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance The Doctrine of the Inner Light: Evangelicalism and Women in the Society of Friends Article by Martin Meeker Friends (Quakers) and Women Aticle by Bill Samuel, editor of the Quakerism page on Suite 101 Women in Buddhism Courtesy of the Buddha Dharma Education Association Female Ministry; or, Woman's Right to Preach the Gospel Pamphlet by Catherine Mumford Booth published in London in 1859 After the Death of God the Father Mary Daly. Originally published in Commonweal, March 1971 The true woman: a series of discourses By Rev. J. D. Fulton (Tremont Temple, Boston) 1869 Bible and church degrade woman By Elizabeth Cady Stanton [1815-1902] Feminist Interpretations of Certain Bible Passages The Church in Asia in Solidarity with Women Workshop Report of the FABC Seventh Plenary Assembly in January 2000 in Samphran, Thailand Her Share of the Blessings: Women's Religions Among the Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman World Extensive quotes and summaries of the book by Ross Shepard Kraemer The Mediterranean Concepts of Honour and Shame as Seen in the Depiction of the Biblical Women Article by Renata Rabichev in Religion and Theology The Unnamed Woman at Bethany Article by Ronald F. Thiemann in Theology Today The Changing Role of Women in the Early Christian World Article by Howard Clark Kee in Theology Today Encountering Women in Matthew Article by Jane Kopas in Theology Today Women in the Church: Scriptural Principles and Ecclesial Practice A Report of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations of the Lutheran Church--Missouri Synod Earthsong, Godsong: Women's Spirituality Article by Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki in Theology Today, 1989 Re-Contextualizing Theology Article by Rosemary Radford Ruether in Theology Today, 1986. James Cone speaks of the 'warring ideals' that have divided African identity. The re-contextualization of theology arises in a somewhat different way for women The Risks of Repeating Ourselves: Reading Feminist / Womanist Figures of Jesus Article by Karen Trimble Alliaume in Cross Currents, 1998 God Language and Feminist Christology Feminist Midrash Gnosticism, Christianity, and Sophia God vs. Goddess Women's Service in the Church: The Biblical Basis A conference paper by the Bishop of Durham, Dr N. T. Wright, for the Symposium, 'Men, Women and the Church,' St John's College, Durham, September 4 2004 The Role of Women in the Church: The Pauline Perspective By John E. Toews Women in the Orthodox Church By Elisabeth Behr-Sigel. Reprinted with the blessing of The Sign of the Theotokos Orthodox Church in Montreal The Myth of Matriarchy in Recent Writings on Jewish Women's Spirituality By Jody Elizabeth Myers Gaudium et Spes Suggests a Change in Moral Imagination to Ensure the Just Treatment of Women Marilyn Martone, Ph.D., St. John's University Women-Church Convergence A coalition of autonomous Catholic-rooted organizations/groups raising a feminist voice and committed to an ekklesia of women which is participative, egalitarian and self-governing Research Papers from Mount Saint Agnes Theological Center for Women Deborah, Jael and Canaanite Mythology, Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: 10th Century Poet and Playwright, In Memory of Her: The Annointing Woman (Mark 14. 3-9), Lydia and Priscilla - Role Models for Today, Mary(am): Mary in the New Testament and the Quran, Recovering Women's Leadership in Early Christianity, The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas, The Personification of Wisdom in Proverbs 1, 8, & 9, The Samaritan Woman at the Well (John 4.7- 42) Vessel or Disciple?, by Brenda M. Johnson, M.A., and Imagine Being Human-An Anthropology of Mutuality by Mary Aquin O'Neill, RSM, Ph.D. Religion: Quaker Women A Herstory Exhibition Celebrating Women Witnesses: WOW! By Chris Schenk, CSJ The convent as colonist: catholicism in the works of contemporary women writers of the Americas - Critical Essay Article by Jeana DelRosso, Melus, Fall, 2001 Women and Ecclesiology Article by Janet Crawford, The Ecumenical Review, Jan, 2001 Women's Liberation: A Catholic View By Marilyn Bowers An Inclusive Biblical Anthropology By Adela Yarbro Collins Paul and Women By Barbara Hall The Effects of Women's Experience on Their Spirituality Article by Sandra M. Schneiders in Spirituality Today, Summer 1983 Feminism and Spirituality Article by Catherina Halkes in Spirituality Today, Autumn 1988 Teresa, Feminism, and the Humanity of Christ Article by Vilma Seelaus in Spirituality Today, Summer 1990 The Beguines: Feminine Piety Derailed Article by Marygrace Peters, O.P. in Spirituality Today, Spring 1991 The Women of the Gospel of Mark and Contemporary Women's Spirituality Article by Mitzi Minor in Spirituality Today, Summer 1991 Anti-Judaism in Religious Feminist Writing: Scapegoating on Patriarchy Distorts Theology By Louise and Mark Zwick, Houston Catholic Worker, Vol. XV, No. 4, May-June 1995 Fulfilling Femininity and Transcending the Flesh: Traditional Religious Beliefs and Gender Ideals in Popular Women's Magazines Article by Michelle Lelwica. Saint Mary's College of California, in Journal of Religion and Society, 1999 New Respect for Women and the Earth By Anne Lonergan, Compass, A Jesuit Journal, Volume 14 #2. Christian ecofeminists charge that western Christianity has a lot to do with the present ecological crisis Women Now Face a Broader Struggle By Agnes Abuom, Compass, A Jesuit Journal, Vol. 13 #5 Women and House Religion By Elizabeth Willett, Hebrew Bible translation consultant, SIL International. A discussion of the importance of the Israelite house architecture in understanding women's social, economic and religious activities Making Biblical Women Visible By Carol L. Meyers, Professor of Religion, Duke University Taking the Law into Our Own Hands: Reform and the Feminist Revisioning of Halakha A Talk at Temple Israel, Minneapolis, Feb. 20, 1998 by Rachel Adler, University of Southern California and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles, California Talking Our Way In: A Jewish Feminist Reflects A Lecture at the College of St. Benedict, Feb. 19, 1998, by Rachel Adler, University of Southern California and Hebrew Union College-JIR, Los Angeles, California The Role of Women According to Jesus and the Early Church By Robert J. Karris, O.F.M. Rabbinacal Tradition on the Role of Women By Hayim G. Perelmuter, Chautauqua Professor of Jewish Studies at the Catholic Theological Union The Role of Women in Judaism By Jonathan Sacks Woman, Human and Ecclesial? By M. Nadine Foley Women in the Life of the Church By Elizabeth Carroll Women in the Early Church:A Problem of Perspective By Lloyd G. Patterson Male Clericalism and the Dread of Women By Rosemary Radford Ruether What Became of God the Mother? Conflicting Images of God in Early Christianity By Elaine H. Pagels Aquinas on Women By John Wijngaards. From the National Catholic Reporter January 14, 2000 Human Rights in the Church: A Non-right for Women in the Church? By Marie-Thérèse Van Lunen Chenu Of godly men and medicine: ancient biology and the Christian Fathers on the nature of woman By Kim E. Power Patristic Elements Towards a Theological Anthropology of Woman as a Human Being and as Woman in Her Difference from Man By Dr. Constantinos Yokarinis, Warsaw December 1996 Ethics and Feminism: Attitudes Towards Women in the Church By Yuri Josef Koszarycz, Senior Lecturer in Religion Studies, Department of Theology, Australian Catholic University (McAuley Campus, Brisbane) God, Gender and Identity By Linda Woodhead, Department of Religious Studies Lancaster University Trinity and Women's Experience By Barbara Brown Zikmund, dean of Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, California Liberating Domesticity: Women and the Home in Orthodox Judaism and Latin American Pentecostalism By Jonathan L. Friedmann, Whittier College, Journal of Religion & Society, 2008 Evangelical Gender Ideology: A View from Christianity Today Readers By Thomas V. Frederick, Hope International University, and Jack O. Balswick, Fuller Theological Seminary. Journal of Religion & Society, 2006 |
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