Rosemary Redford Reuther (OCR A-Level Religious Studies): Flashcards

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Rosemary Redford Reuther
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Ruether's main argument about the Bible

Can be interpreted in a feminist way to reform patriarchy

Imago dei

Men & women created equal

Sophia in the Bible

Wisdom personified in female form of goodness

God's gender in Hebrew Bible

No gender

'The Father' term origin

Christian intervention

Ruether's view of Jesus as Messiah

Non-dominator who defied warrior stereotype

Golden thread

Theme of liberation within the Bible

What golden thread represents

God's true revelation

Mulleres Dignitiatum

Pope John Paul II letter on dignity of women

Motherhood per Pope John Paul II

Women's telos & natural purpose

Daly's critique of Ruether

Christianity inherently patriarchal, beyond recovery

Tolbert's objection to Ruether

OT prophets didn't speak of women's liberation

Fundamentalist Protestant objection

Ruether uses Bible selectively

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