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Feminist theology is a movement, generally in the Western religious traditions (mostly Christianity and Judaism ), to reconsider the traditions, practices, scriptures, and theologies of those religions from a feminist perspective.1Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the role of women among the clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting the male-dominated images of God , and including more female imagery among the myths and language of the faith.2Feminism has had a great impact on many aspects of religion. In the liberal branches of Protestant Christianity, women are now ordained as clergy . In Reform , Conservative and Reconstructionist Judaism , women are now ordained as rabbis and cantors . Within these Christian and Jewish groups, women have gradually become equal to men by obtaining positions of power; their perspectives are now sought out in developing new statements of belief. These trends have been resisted within Orthodox strains of Judaism , the Catholic Church , conservative Protestant denominations such as the Southern Baptists and the Missouri Synod Lutherans and also Islam ; all these denominations forbid women from being recognized as religious clergy and scholars in the same way that men are accepted; though Islam allows women to become imams , they may not lead men in prayer and are rare in most parts of the world.3
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Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the role of women among the clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting male-dominated imagery and language about God , determining women's place in relation to career and motherhood , and studying images of women in the religion's sacred texts .Feminists have attempted to counter perceptions of women as morally or spiritually inferior to men; as a source of sexual temptation ; as dedicated to childbearing , their homes , and husbands ; and as having a lesser role in religious ritual or leadership because of such inferiority or dedication.
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Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the role of women among the clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting male-dominated imagery and language about God , determining women's place in relation to career and motherhood , and studying images of women in the religion's sacred texts and matriarchal religion .
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Movement to reconsider theological doctrine For the journal, see Feminist Theology (journal) . Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the role of women among the clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting male-dominated imagery and language about God , determining women's place in relation to career and motherhood , and studying images of women in the religion's sacred texts and matriarchal religion . Voices of Sophia . 2008-12-18.
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Movement to reconsider theological doctrine For the journal, see Feminist Theology (journal) . Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the role of women among clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting patriarchal (male-dominated) imagery and language about God , determining women's place in relation to career and motherhood , studying images of women in the religions' sacred texts , and matriarchal religion . Voices of Sophia . 2008-12-18.
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Some of the goals of feminist theology include increasing the role of women among clergy and religious authorities, reinterpreting patriarchal (male-dominated) imagery and language about God , determining women's place in relation to career and motherhood , studying images of women in the religions' sacred texts , and matriarchal religion . Voices of Sophia . 2008-12-18.
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movement found in several religions
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