Feminist Theologies and Spiritualities (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards
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Definition of spirituality
Definition of spirituality
Living relationship between person/community & what's considered sacred
What makes a spirituality feminist
What makes a spirituality feminist
Focuses on women's experiences & challenges male-dominated structures
When feminist spiritualities emerged
When feminist spiritualities emerged
1960s-1970s women's liberation movements
Who coined 'hermeneutic of suspicion & remembrance'
Who coined 'hermeneutic of suspicion & remembrance'
Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
Mary Daly's main argument (1973)
Mary Daly's main argument (1973)
Male language for God reinforces male dominance
Rosemary Radford Ruether's contribution
Rosemary Radford Ruether's contribution
Showed Christian sources contain liberating & oppressive elements
Sallie McFague's contribution
Sallie McFague's contribution
Created metaphorical God-language (Mother, Lover, Friend)
Focus of womanist theology
Focus of womanist theology
Black women's experiences & intersection of racism & sexism
What ecofeminism connects
What ecofeminism connects
Women's subordination with environmental exploitation
Catholic Church position on women's ordination
Catholic Church position on women's ordination
Against it (Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, 1994)
Definition of androcentrism
Definition of androcentrism
Centring men's experience
Definition of praxis
Definition of praxis
Unity of reflection and action for justice
Examples of inclusive God-language
Examples of inclusive God-language
Wisdom/Sophia, Spirit, Mothering love, Shepherd, Rock
Three hermeneutic methods used
Three hermeneutic methods used
Suspicion, remembrance, reconstruction
Feminist spirituality view on body-soul dualism
Feminist spirituality view on body-soul dualism
Rejects it; affirms body as good and sacred