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It is the conviction of many feminists that Christianity, as a general practice, serves to subordinate and repress women. ... The Women’s Liberation Movement harbors a great deal of resentment toward the Christian Bible, as Creation story is commonly read as a justification for women’s consistent oppression (Tribble 74). ... Other ecumenical theologians, such as Katherine Young, play a significant role in attempting to do just this by asking questions concerning men’s inherent desire to subjugate women by building androcentrism into history (Young, 1987, p. ... In order to liberate women from this institutionalized religious incarceration, a re-translation of the Bible is a necessity.
Although the Creation story is accepted by Christians worldwide, it is important to realize that much of women’s oppression over the past two thousand years originates from erroneous, archaic misinterpretations of Genesis 1-2. ... Katherine Young focuses more on the distortion of history due to women’s institutionalized inferiority, and would likely challenge the concept of divine subordination based on man’s misinterpretation of Genesis 1-2. ... Ursula King (1989) does a thorough analysis of religion and language in Women and Spirituality, concluding that much reexamination is necessary in order to liberate the female from institutionalized divine subordination (King, 1989, p. ... She develops a rejectionist stance, claiming that although man considers various passages of Genesis to be in support of women’s inferiority, the language is not “explicitly anti-feminist” (p. ... In her revisionist approach, she concedes that women and men are all created equally by God. King notes, however that this concept has been seriously distorted throughout the past, as historically, women have been regarded and shaped in the image of man. ... As a positive feminist, King would argue that as a result of the androcentric language that permeates the Bible, women should search for a more inclusive meaning for the Creation story.
Approximate Word count = 1419
Approximate Pages = 5.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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