Transcript Women in Western Religions Today

Women in Western
Religions Today
By: Janel Alimboyoguen, Gwyneth Calipjo, Julia Conley, Elly Guadarrama
Overview
• Women in Judaism today (Orthodox vs.
Liberal)
• Women in Christianity today (Catholic
vs. Protestant vs. Orthodox)
• Women in Islam (Theocracy vs.
Democracy)
Women In Orthodox Judaism
• Study Torah or
ordained as a Rabbi or
Cantor?
• Covered Hair
• Kosher Kitchen
• Separation
• Touching Other Men
Liberal Judaism
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Study the Torah
Rabbis
Bat Mitzvah
Separation?
High Office Positions
Rabbi Pauline Bebe
Women in the Hebrew Bible
• God as a Mother Caring for her Child
- Isaiah 49:14-18
- Isaiah 66:10-13
Worksheet Question #1
• According to Proverbs, how is the ideal wife
expected to behave and how does it compare or
contrast with the view of the ideal wife today?
• Puts family first, kind, giving, worthy of praise,
smart, strong, more than a pretty face, never idle,
always working for the good of the household,
fears God.
Women in the Catholic Church
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Priests?
Nuns
Separation?
Have a Role in Every
Aspect of Society
• Most perfect human being
was a woman: Mary
Protestant Women
• (Baptist & Lutheran) ordained first woman in
1929 & 1992
• Priest and Preachers
• Conservative Protestants
• Separation?
Women in Orthodox Christianity
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Access to Altar
Gospel Reading
Baptismal
Religious Education
Choir
Priesthood
Women in the New Testament
• Women and Men are Equal
- Galatians 3:23-29
- 1 Corinthians 11:3-16
• Women Must Remain Quiet
- 1 Corinthians 14:26-40
- 1 Timothy 2: 1-15
Worksheet Question #2
• Do you feel that the role of women today is
in line with the selected readings in the
NT? Explain you answer.
• In most aspects, women are fairly equal to
men. However, in some branches the is still
exclusion from the clergy.
Women In Islam (Theocratic Gov’ts)
• Theocracy: Afghanistan (Taliban), Iran,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia (Islamism)
• Beating
• Hijab
• “Iran Cracks Down on Women’s Day”
Women in Islam (Democratic Gov’ts)
• Democracy: USA,
Indonesia, India, E. Europe
• Separation?
• Dress
• Duties
• Dowry
• Political Power
• Active Participants
Women in Islam
• Difference between Islamic Beliefs and Cultural
Beliefs
- Mistreatment
• Qur’an: story of Adam and Eve
• Surah 65: 1-11
• Women are independent individuals and
accountable for their own actions on the Day of
Judgement.
Women in Power
Clergy and Religious Scholars:
- Education
- Official Position in a Masjid (Mosque)
- Imam?
National leaders:
- Muhammad
- Islamic Law
- Aisha
Example of historical role models for Muslim women as leaders:
- Razia Sultana: short-lived third major independent
Muslim ruler of the Sultanate of Delhi in India
- Mamluk Queen Shaiarat ad-Dur: ruled for a few years
in Egypt.
Worksheet Question #3
• What is the basis for the hijab in the Qur'an?
• Surah 24:31 (modesty)
Leading Women in Western
Religions Today
Judaism:
Tova Hartman
• Professor of
Education at the
Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, specializing
in Gender Studies
• Founder of Kehillat
Shira Hadasha in
2001
Shira Hadasha
• Embraces women’s commitment to halakha (Jewish
religious law, customs, and traditions), tefillah
(prayer), and feminisn
• Response to the role of women in the synagogue.
• First Partnership Minyan
• Controversy
Christianity:
Barbara Harris
• First woman ordained a bishop in
the Anglican Communion
• Noted for her liberal views and her
outspokennes.
• Ordained a deacon in 1979 and a
priest in 1980.
• Ordained Bishop Suffragan of
the Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts on February 11,
1989.
• Currently serves as Assisting
Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese
of Washington, DC and publishes
The Witness magazine as
president of the Episcopal
Church Publishing Company.
Islam: Ingrid Mattson
• Earned her Ph.D. in Islamic
Studies from the University of
Chicago in 1999. Her research is
focused on Islamic law and society.
• Activist
• Current President of the Islamic
Society of North America
(ISNA)
• Raised as a Catholic then
abandoned Religion
Summary
• Study
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
• Ordination
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam
• Separation
- Judaism
- Christianity
- Islam