Buddhism and Christianity - Gender Roles Compared (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

Hierarchical social system where ruling class is male

All are one in Christ - no Jew/Greek, slave/free, male/female

Compassionate inclusivity where all people are equal

First witnesses of the resurrection

Considered by most scholars to be a forgery in Paul's name

Monastic life - establishing monasteries, becoming saints

Equal but no women priests - role reserved for males only

Many ordain women as ministers, deacons, priests & bishops

Fundamental change in one's conscious perception of world

Universal for both women and men - no distinction

Gender can change over successive transmigrations

Attained Buddhahood in a single lifetime (8th-century Tibet)

Only possible through dedicating life to monastic life

Subordinate to men's orders in both Buddhism & Christianity

Both offered spiritual equality but influenced by patriarchy