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Women in Christianity

Christian Perspectives. Women in Christianity. Dialogue Education.

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Women in Christianity

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  1. Christian Perspectives Women in Christianity Dialogue Education THIS CD HAS BEEN PRODUCED FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THE CLASSROOM. IT IS A CONDITION OF THE USE OF THIS CD THAT IT BE USED ONLY BY THE PEOPLE FROM SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PURCHASED THE CD ROM FROM DIALOGUE EDUCATION. (THIS DOES NOT PROHIBIT ITS USE ON A SCHOOL’S INTRANET).

  2. You Tube Christianity, Women and Ancient Iconography (10 minutes) Click on the image to the left. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen.

  3. GAMES • Click on an image above for a game of “Penalty Shootout” or “Hoop-shoot”. Try playing the game with your students at the start and the end of the unit. Make sure you have started the slide show and are connected to the internet.

  4. Women in Christianity • Christian views (attitudes and beliefs) about women vary considerably today as they have throughout the last two millennia.

  5. Women in Christianity • The Bible and Christianity historically have been interpreted as prescribing distinct gender roles.

  6. Women in Christianity • Some contemporary writers describe the role of women in the life of the church as having been downplayed.

  7. Women in Christianity • As gender roles have shifted in society and in many churches, many Christians are re-evaluating their historic positions.

  8. Jesus and women • Beyond generally accepted social standards which are continually shifting, Christianity sets a moral standard—the attitudes toward and treatment of women by Jesus.

  9. Women in the New Testament Church • From the beginning of the early Christian church, women were important members of the movement.

  10. Women in the New Testament Church • The New Testament Gospels acknowledge that women were among Jesus' earliest followers.

  11. Women in the New Testament Church • There were women disciples present at Jesus' crucifixion.

  12. Women in the New Testament Church The letters of Paul—dated to the middle of the first century CE—and his casual greetings to acquaintances offer information about Jewish and Gentile women who were prominent in the movement.

  13. Women in the New Testament Church • Some theologians believe that these biblical reports provide evidence of women leaders active in the earliest work of spreading the Christian message,while others reject that understanding.

  14. You Tube Women and Religious Cults (1 of 5)(120 minutes) Click on the image to the left. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen.

  15. Woman in Christianity • Some 19th century Christian authors began codifying challenges to the centuries old traditional views toward women both in the church and in society.

  16. Woman in Christianity There are three major viewpoints in the modern debate. They are known respectively as Christian feminism, Christian Egalitarianism and Complementarianism. • Christian Feminists • Christian • Complementarians

  17. Woman in Christianity • Various prominent theologians have contributed to developing and editing position statements articulating both the Egalitarian and Complementary views: • Egalitarian View. • Complementary View.

  18. You Tube Jesus Camp(120 minutes) Click on the image to the left. You will need to be connected to the internet to view this presentation. Enlarge to full screen.

  19. Woman in Christianity Christian feminist view • Christian feminism represents the views of the more theologically liberal end of the spectrum within Christianity.

  20. Bibliography • Bechtel, Lyn M. (1996), "A Symbolic Level of Meaning: John 2.1-11 (The Marriage in Cana)", written at Sheffield, U.K., in Athalya Brenner, A Feminist Companion to The Hebrew Bible in the New Testament (1st ed.), Sheffield Academic Press • Fontaine, Carole R. (1996), "Disabilities and Illness in the Bible: A Feminist Perspective", written at Sheffield, U.K., in Athalya Brenner, A Feminist Companion to The Hebrew Bible in the New Testament (1st ed.), Sheffield Academic Press • Kripal, Jeffrey John. (2007), written at Chicago, The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion, The University of Chicago Press • Wikipedia-Woman in Christianity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Christianity

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