Download or read book Evil Good and Gender written by Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy and published by New York : Peter Lang. This book was released on 2002 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Societies often link the phenomena of evil and good to the feminine and masculine genders and, by extension, to women and men. Evil, Good, and Gender explores doctrinal and societal developments within a context of malevolence that came to be attributed to the feminine and the female in contrast to benevolence ascribed to the masculine and the male by Zoroastrians or Mazda worshipers. This study authoritatively elucidates implications of the feminine and the masculine in religion and suggests that images in theology have been fundamental for defining both women's and men's social roles and statuses.
Download or read book Women and Evil written by Nel Noddings and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991-05-08 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings love to fictionalize evil--to terrorize each other with stories of defilement, horror, excruciating pain, and divine retribution. Beneath the surface of bewitchment and half-sick amusement, however, lies the realization that evil is real and that people must find a way to face and overcome it. What we require, Carl Jung suggested, is a morality of evil--a carefully thought out plan by which to manage the evil in ourselves, in others, and in whatever deities we posit. This book is not written from a Jungian perspective, but it is nonetheless an attempt to describe a morality of evil. One suspects that descriptions of evil and the so-called problem of evil have been thoroughly suffused with male interests and conditioned by masculine experience. This result could hardly have been avoided in a sexist culture, and recognizing the truth of such a claim does not commit us to condemn every male philosopher and theologian who has written on the problem. It suggests, rather, that we may get a clearer view of evil if we take a different standpoint. The standpoint I take here will be that of women; that is, I will attempt to describe evil from the perspective of women's experience.
Download or read book Gender and the Representation of Evil written by Lynne Fallwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection examines gendered representations of "evil" in history, the arts, and literature. Scholars often explore the relationships between gender, sex, and violence through theories of inequality, violence against women, and female victimization, but what happens when women are the perpetrators of violent or harmful behavior? How do we define "evil"? What makes evil men seem different from evil women? When women commit acts of violence or harmful behavior, how are they represented differently from men? How do perceptions of class, race, and age influence these representations? How have these representations changed over time, and why? What purposes have gendered representations of evil served in culture and history? What is the relationship between gender, punishment of evil behavior, and equality?
Download or read book Gender and the Representation of Evil written by Lynne Fallwell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited collection examines gendered representations of "evil" in history, the arts, and literature. Scholars often explore the relationships between gender, sex, and violence through theories of inequality, violence against women, and female victimization, but what happens when women are the perpetrators of violent or harmful behavior? How do we define "evil"? What makes evil men seem different from evil women? When women commit acts of violence or harmful behavior, how are they represented differently from men? How do perceptions of class, race, and age influence these representations? How have these representations changed over time, and why? What purposes have gendered representations of evil served in culture and history? What is the relationship between gender, punishment of evil behavior, and equality?
Download or read book Women and Evil written by Nel Noddings and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A consideratioon of the morality of evil from the standoint of women.
Download or read book The Root of All Evil written by Sharon Grace Mijares and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors of this book are a Muslim from Egypt, a Christian mystic from America, a Jew from the US, and a Jew from Israel (living in the US). They write about gender imbalances in different world religions and cultures, about the politics of governments, global and local conflicts and fundamentalist movements. They search for common ground and the possibilities to improve women's rights.
Download or read book Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam written by Alyssa Gabbay and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam: Bilateral Descent and the Legacy of Fatima, Alyssa Gabbay examines episodes in pre-modern Islamic history in which individuals or societies recognized descent from both men and women. Fatima, daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, features prominently in this study, for her example constituted a striking precedent for acknowledging bilateral descent in both Sunni and Shi'i societies, with all of its ramifications for female inheritance, succession and identity. Covering a broad geographical and chronological swath, Gender and Succession in Medieval and Early Modern Islam presents alternative perspectives to patriarchal narratives, and breaks new ground in its focus upon how people conceived of family structures and bloodlines. In so doing, it builds upon a tradition of studies seeking to dispel monolithic understandings of Islam and Gender.
Download or read book Zoroastrian Rituals in Context written by Michael Stausberg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rituals play a prominent role in Zoroastrianism, one of the oldest religious traditions of mankind. In this book, scholars from a broad range of disciplines make the first ever collective effort to discuss Zoroastrian rituals in different historical contexts and geographical settings.
Download or read book Some Formidable Gender Biblical Partnerships The Good the Bad the Evil and the In Between written by Lisema Ralitsoele and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a presentation of thirteen episodes taken out of the Bible -King James Version - that show the tremendous influence gifted by God to women. Throughout this narration, women drive men, in formal/informal relationships, to a causal outcome, good, bad, evil or in-between, that would otherwise not have been. We hope that this work will instill a sense of interest in reading the Bible. The reader could have read the passages by her/himself straight out of the Bible. Here, we assist by focusing on the selected biblical passages by giving them a common gender thread that would not be deliberately highlighted in the Word of God. We believe that this makes for a more manageable and interesting Bible study.The selected passages are mostly from action packed books of the Bible: Genesis, which is full of heroes, scoundrels, victory tragedy, and defeat. The characters include: Adam, Eve, the Serpent, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, (the trickster) and the indomitable Joseph. Others are: 1 Kings, 2 Kings, Judges, Ruth and Esther. While reading the King James Version has some challenges, however, it being in the public domain enables Christians to contribute, without legal hindrance, to enacting the Great Commission.The arrangement of the episodes is such that each can be read independently and appreciated in its own right. This is one of the wonderful features of the Bible. You can pick any verse, and it will convey meaning and have relevance to life. All the same, an artery of obedience and humility runs through all the episodes.God is the Alpha and the Omega. Episode 1 is the beginning of mankind -Adam and Eve are created. The final episode is the beginning of God's salvation covenant through His Son Jesus: who is called Christ. In other words, the first episode marks Satan's deception of Eve resulting in the fall of man from grace, while the final episode signifies the beginning of the end for Satan wielding unbridled sin-power over man.Furthermore, in episode 1, God is the Sole Creator. However, He already declares His decision to delegate some power of creation to man and woman. In episode 2, the partnership of Abraham, his wife Sarah, and their bond-woman Hagar, God shows that He is still in control of the power of creation; He puts a brake on Sarah's creative system. Later on, much later on, He releases the brakes. Meanwhile, Sarah takes matters into her hand. She commands husband Abraham to use Hagar as proxy wife and she conceives.In episode 3, the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah and the consequent partnership of Lot and his two daughters, we see a bad usage of the delegated power of creation when mingled with wine, but maybe the end justifies the means.In episode 4, the birth of Isaac the miracle son, God again shows us the good use of the power of creation.In episode 5, the partnership of Rebekah and her son Jacob, God divulges to Rebekah, His plans for what she is bearing, while husband Isaac is ignorant.Episode 6, the partnership of Jacob's sons: Reuben and his step-mother Bilhah; and, Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar, we see the evil uses of the delegated power of creation by Reuben and Onan; whereas in the case of Judah and Tamar, Judah had a plausible excuse and his case can therefore be considered in-between.In episode 7 the partnership of King Ahab and his queen Jezebel and episode 8 the partnership of Elijah and the widow, we move from creation to the evil deeds and the good deeds in some gender biblical partnerships. The Ahab/Jezebel partnership is marked by the unforgivable sin of blasphemy. The partnership of Elijah and the widow, on the other hand, shows obedience that releases God's blessings.Episode 9, Elijah's message to Ahab, shows that punishment for evil deeds is inevitable.Episode 10, Samson and Delilah, God is still in control. Episode 11, Naomi, Ruth and Boaz, is a wonderful story of true love. Episode 12, and episode 13 deal with the physical and spiritual deliverance..
Download or read book Female Stereotypes in Religious Traditions written by Ria Kloppenborg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-09-24 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains a collection of studies describing and analyzing stereotypes of women in the religions of Ancient Israel and Mesopotamia, and in Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Medieval Christianity, Islam, Indian Sufism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Tibetan religions, and modern Neopaganism. In all these traditions the stereotypes are based on generalizations, which are socially, culturally or religiously legitimized, and which seem to have a lasting influence on society's conceptions of women. They represent oversimplified opinions, which are, however, regularly challenged by the women who are affected by them. In all traditions the stereotypes are ambiguous, either because women have challenged their validity, or because historical developments in society have reshaped them. They influence public opinion by emphasizing dominant views, as a strategy to restrain women and to keep them controlled by the rules and morals of a male-dominated society.
Download or read book Illuminating the Dark Side Evil Women and the Feminine written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evil. Women. The Feminine. The relationships that bring together these three ideas form the basis for the papers gathered together in this volume. By asking how, why, when, and to what purpose these three terms are often linked serves as the starting point of interrogation for each of the authors here considered.
Download or read book Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil written by Jill Graper Hernandez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil examines the concept of theodicy—the attempt to reconcile divine perfection with the existence of evil—through the lens of early modern female scholars. This timely volume knits together the perennial problem of defining evil with current scholarly interest in women’s roles in the evolution of religious philosophy. Accessible for those without a background in philosophy or theology, Jill Graper Hernandez’s text will be of interest to upper-level undergraduates as well as graduate students and researchers.
Download or read book If God Is Good written by Randy Alcorn and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suffering is, in the end, God’s invitation to trust him. “As he did in his best-selling book, Heaven, Randy Alcorn delves deep into a profound subject, and through compelling stories, provocative questions and answers, and keen biblical understanding, he brings assurance and hope to all.” –Publishers Weekly Every one of us will experience suffering. You may be in such a time now. We see the presence of evil in the headlines every day. It all raises questions about God—Why would an all-good and all-powerful God create a world full of evil and suffering? How can there be a God if suffering and evil exist? Atheists such as Richard Dawkins and even former believers like Bart Ehrman answer the question simply: The existence of suffering and evil proves there is no God. But in this illuminating book, best-selling author Randy Alcorn challenges the logic of disbelief, and brings a fresh, hopeful, and thoroughly biblical insight to the issues these important questions raise. Alcorn offers insights from his conversations with men and women whose lives have been torn apart by suffering, and yet whose faith in God burns brighter than ever. He reveals the big picture of who God is and what God is doing in the world—now and forever. And he shows the beauty of God’s sovereignty—how it ultimately triumphs over suffering and evil in our lives and the world around us.
Download or read book Out of the Depths written by Ivone Gebara and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated by Ann Patrick Ware Introduces a perspective on evil and salvation to address "the evil women do, " the evil they suffer, and women's redemptive experiences of God and salvation.
Download or read book Shahnama Studies III written by Gabrielle R. van den Berg and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shahnama Studies III offers new insights into the reception of the Shahnama or Book of Kings, composed by the Persian poet Firdausi in the 10th-11th century in eastern Iran.
Download or read book Truth Reconciliation and Evil written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth, Reconciliation, and Evil analyses evil in a variety of forms—as an unspeakable crime, a discursive or narrative force, a political byproduct, and an inevitable feature of warfare. The collection considers the forms of loss that the workings of evil exact, from the large-scale horror of genocide to the individual grief of a self-destructive homelessness. Finally, taken together, the fourteen essays that comprise this volume affirm that the undoing of evil—the moving beyond it through forgiveness and reconciliation—needs to occur within the context of community broadly defined, wherein individuals and groups can see beyond themselves and recognise in others a shared humanity and common cause. Truth, Reconciliation, and Evil consists of expanded versions of papers presented at the Fourth International Conference on Evil and Wickedness, held in Prague in March 2003. The essays represent a variety of disciplinary approaches, including those of anthropology, linguistics, literature, philosophy, and psychoanalysis.
Download or read book Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil written by Jill Graper Hernandez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early Modern Women and the Problem of Evil examines the concept of theodicy—the attempt to reconcile divine perfection with the existence of evil—through the lens of early modern female scholars. This timely volume knits together the perennial problem of defining evil with current scholarly interest in women’s roles in the evolution of religious philosophy. Accessible for those without a background in philosophy or theology, Jill Graper Hernandez’s text will be of interest to upper-level undergraduates as well as graduate students and researchers.
