Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza “If they are right—and they certainly have the text on their side—that G*d is male, Lord, King, and Father because it is revealed in Scripture, then only elite males, but not wo/men and non-elite men, are made in the image of G*d”( Norton), Elizabeth Fiorenza stated in an interview conducted at Villanova University. This is one of the foundational beliefs of the widely recognized and respected feminist theologian. She currently serves as Krister Stendahl Professor of Divinity at Harvard Divinity School. Her writings and theologies are Christian based although she identifies with the Catholic religion. She has collected several awards and recognitions during her lifetime including: becoming the first woman president
From the very beginning of time, God created Adam and Eve, man and woman. God blessed the man and the woman with the words “Be fruitful and multiply” (Sacred text). From this point on it has been known that a marriage should take place between a man and a woman. Like I stated above same sex couples do not have the ability to do as God blessed, “Be fruitful and multiply.” In the church homosexual practices are known as “sins gravely contrary to chastity.” Whether or not people believe that homosexuality is a sin is, in fact, their own opinion. People who engage in these same-sex relationships will suffer consequences whether they want to or not.
For example, Mark 12:31 states, “ …’You shall love your neighbor as yourself,’” as Jesus’ proclamation of human relationships with one another and God. The biblical worldview acknowledges that God created man in His own image. Therefore, man should also value human relationships that are similar to their own valuation of God. This realization is vital to the biblical worldview. Otherwise, self-serving human relationships stand in our way of becoming one with Jesus Christ and go against the Word of
Harriet Beecher Stowe- She also didn’t agree with slavery and thought everyone should be free. 2. What methods did the person use to improve American life? Wendell Phillips- He would write articles and short books about the rights women and Native Americans should have, and he would also publicly speak and use his contacts in the government to try to reach out to people and get women the right to vote. Harriet Beecher Stowe- She wrote books, and articles.
Equality and Gender PHI208: Ethics and Moral Reasoning Instructor December 22, 2014 In the last 100 years, the equality of gender, man verses woman, has evolved into something no one thought it would. Women have come out on top and they have tried to take over certain positions society has said are for men only. Men have always been “talked up” on how they rank according to the Bible and political stances. America was built on Biblical values and therefore when the Protestants came to the America's, they brought over their mind sets as well. In the 1840's, women began to stand up for themselves and take action for their freedoms.
During the period of the Protestant Reformation man were allowed to have a direct relationship with God and women could not. So, when women as Hutchinson said she too had access to God she was found guilty for creating anarchy and mischief in the community. The author described the intoloeration that men during this period could not allow women to be equal to
Despite the antagonism, Elizabeth persuaded the convention to approve a resolution calling for women’s rights to vote. Stanton’s declaration of sentiments, modeled the United States declaration of Independence. Stanton’s declaration stated that men and women are created equal, with the support of Frederick Douglass, who had attended the Seneca Falls convention; the resolutions for feminine voting rights were passed. Elizabeth’s lecture at a second woman’s rights convention in Rochester, new York condemned her role as an activist and reformer. In 1851, Stanton met Susan B. Anthony, another female leader who promoted women’s rights in general.
Margaret Sanger on “Free Motherhood” from women and the New Race (1920) Almost, if not every American is aware of The Bill of Rights, the laws that our country is run by. The first and foremost amendment grants American the freedom of Speech, Press, Religion, and Petition. The question is, were these amendments not to be followed in the early1900’s? Margaret Sanger: an activist reformer in the 1900’s, a teacher, and a nurse. She tried to petition with her birth given rights of freedom of speech along with her knowledge to petition for women’s rights but was imprisoned for some doing so.
It is hard to imagine the suppression and adversity women lived with only a few centuries ago. Our history has alluded to an inequality of women among men, telling us that women did not deserve the same inalienable rights; the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In Stanton’s “Declaration of Sentiments’, these are spelled out quite specifically and are drawn on by her own personal experience which speak loudly for the voice of women in the mid 1800’s. It is through the work of Stanton and her supporters that women today have the rights and choices they do and through the writings of Chopin and Wollstonecraft which provide an insightful look into the suppressed yet intellectual nature of the women of their day. The contemporary
1) Patriarchy the concept of patriarchy itself is not new it has been used within the women’s movement to analyze the principles underlying women’s oppression. Patriarchy describes the society in which we live today, characterized by current and historic unequal power relation between women and men whereby women are systematically disadvantaged and oppressed. 2) Nineteenth amendment to the U. S. Constitution reads, “The rights of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. The nineteenth amendment was enacted in 1920 after many of years of struggle by the women suffrage.