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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 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 Is Paul the Father of Misogyny and Antisemitism? Article by Pamela Eisenbaum in CrossCurrents God and Feminism John B. Cobb, Jr Christian + Feminist A collection of articles and links by Elizabeth T. Knuth, dedicated to the proposition that faith and feminism are not mutually exclusive 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) Women's Project Links 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 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?'" SisterSite A cyberplace for women religious and their friends 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 Feminist studies in religion and a radical democratic ethos 1995 article by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza in the South African journal Religion & Theology "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." Feminism and the Catholic Community From the home page about Irish immigrant Mary Anne Sadlier (1820-1903) 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 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 Gender Equality and the Bible From a group that calls itself Christians for Biblical Equality 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" "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 God's Protection of Women Excerpt from Hidden Voices by Heidi Bright Parales, a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky Women Leaders in the Old Testament Excerpt from Hidden Voices by Heidi Bright Parales, a graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky 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] The Bible According to Eve Paper by Cullen Murphy InclusiveChurch A group of on-line discussion forums devoted to topics involving women and the Catholic church 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 The Roots of Restriction: Women in Early Israel Essay by Carol Meyers 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 |
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