GENDER JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE
Keywords:
Fact of Bible-based Injustice, Current Forms of Injustice, Injustice Bolstered by Church Fathers, Doctors and Exegetes, Charges Levelled by the Feminists: Androcentrism, Patriarchy, Masculinization, Mothers of Injustice: Passages Breeding Discrimination to Women, Validity and Suitability of a ‘Phenomenological’ Approach, Old Testament Passages, New Testament Passages, Biblical Basis for Restoring Justice to Women, Declarations of Equality, Jesuan Justice: A Paradigm Shift, Liberative Models and Traditions, Urgency of Liberative HermeneuticsAbstract
The very discussion on gender justice in the Bible presupposes suspicion and accusation of injustice to women, caused or perpetuated by the Scripture. Christianity, like any other organized religion, considers its sacred Scripture as its normative basis. Scriptural fundamentalism, which sticks to literal understanding and interpretation of its words, has certainly been detrimental to the cause of women throughout the history of the Church.
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