patriarchy
What Greek mythology teaches us about women’s resistance and rebellion
By Marie-Claire Beaulieu — May 26, 2023
(The Conversation) — Female characters in Greek mythology lived under strict patriarchal rules, but they spoke truth to power and resisted injustice.
New documentary ‘Daughters of Eve’ imagines a Bible, and world, with women at the center
By Kathryn Post — December 15, 2021
(RNS) — The documentary invites Christians to reevaluate their beliefs about women's place in the Bible and the world.
Women lead religious groups in many ways – besides the growing number who have been ordained
By Deborah Whitehead — December 8, 2021
(The Conversation) — A scholar of gender and US religious history explains how women are trying to make religious communities more inclusive. Women’s ordination is only one piece of this ongoing work.
Haredi Jewish women are bucking the patriarchal stereotype of their community
By Michal Raucher — May 17, 2021
(The Conversation) — Women are increasingly making reproductive decisions and working outside the home.
She swung from purity culture to hookup culture. Now she’s written a memoir on it.
By Yonat Shimron — March 31, 2021
(RNS) — Brenda Marie Davies has written a memoir she calls a cautionary tale about the damaging message of purity culture in which she takes an unflinchingly honest look at female sexuality.
ELCA Churchwide Assembly calls sexism and patriarchy sins, condemns white supremacy
By Emily McFarlan Miller — August 9, 2019
MILWAUKEE (RNS) — The ELCA's newly approved social statement — titled 'Faith, Sexism, and Justice: A Call to Action' — names patriarchy and sexism as sins and acknowledges the church’s complicity in them.
To overcome patriarchy, men first have to see it in themselves
By Simran Jeet Singh — October 3, 2018
(RNS) — Those with brown skin know that those who don’t experience racism have a hard time relating to it, a feeling we call 'white privilege.' But the Kavanaugh case has forced us all to confront the male privilege we didn't see.
Vision Forum shuts down after patriarchy proponent’s ‘serious sins’
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 13, 2013
(RNS) Vision Forum Ministries was geared for a segment of evangelical and fundamentalist Christians who profess a traditionalist understanding of Scripture, sexuality and gender roles.
Patriarchy proponent Doug Phillips resigns after extramarital relationship
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 6, 2013
(RNS) Home schooling advocate Doug Phillips preaches a message of "biblical patriarchy," in which a man is called to "rule over his household" and "the God-ordained and proper sphere of dominion for a wife is the household."
Singing on “Idol,” and facing the wrath of religious traditionalists
By Lauren Markoe — February 21, 2013
(RNS) The biggest worry for "American Idol" contestants is whether the judges will let them sing on the next show. For some singers on Idol-type programs abroad, it's that religious extremists will kill them.
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