Gender and theology (Edexcel A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

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Mary Daly
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Daly's main argument about Christianity

Justifies male dominance & female subordination

Problem with male language for God (Daly)

Fails to represent women; only men can lead Church

Daly's solution for women's progress

Move beyond religion

Christianity's 'unholy trinity' (Daly)

Rape, genocide, and war

Daly's quote: 'If God is male then...'

...male is God

Tertullian's view of women

Women are the devil's gateway

Augustine's view on women & God's image

Women are not made in the image of God

Aquinas's description of women

Misbegotten males

Daly's term for old religious language

Androcentric

What women need according to Daly

A new spirituality

What rape symbolises (Daly)

Violent oppression

Daly's 'sexual caste' concept

Hierarchy giving males & females unequal power

Girls vs boys socialisation (Daly)

Girls: passive roles; Boys: dominant roles

War is result of (Daly)

Male-dominated politics

Daly's term: justifies war

Phallic morality

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