SOCI-1015EL Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Victoria Matthews, Pope Francis, Mother Teresa
16 Jun 2018
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SOCI 1015
Chapter 11
Religion
Religion and Gender
- “Organized” world religions: androcentrism & patriarchal power structures
- Women: subordinate roles and marginalized participation
o Trans people tend to be shunned from religious groups
- Feminists in the 60s & 70s were critical of Christianity & practices – how so?
o Christianity as influential cultural factor reproducing of gender inequality
Gender Construction among the Hutterites
- Gender roles: women and men assume traditional gender roles
- Leader: male head minister – like dictatorial patriarchal power
Women Priests in the Anglican Church
- 50+ year battle by women to be deacons, priests, & bishops
o Divided church
- 38 provinces – Anglican Church
- First two to ordain priests
o Canada & US (1976)
- Victoria Matthews (1996) first woman bishop in Canada
- 2009 – 14 Anglican provinces allowed the ordination of women as bishops
o Only Canada, US, Australia and New Zealand actually have women as bishops
Religion & Social Change
- Been primary agent of change in history
- 2 ways – subordination & emancipation
- Subdue peoples to will of authority
o e.g. colonialism
o E.g. missionaries, Indigenous peoples and ceremonies, Sun Dance
o Quebec francophone people
- Used to emancipate populations and advocate for social justice
o E.g. Gandhi, Mother Theresa, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X
o Pope Francis
Christian Religious Colonialism in Canada
- Christianity was an integral part of the colonization project in Canada
- First Nations not just victims of religious colonization
- Agency – integrated elements of traditional beliefs along with Christian ones (e.g.
creator)
Document Summary
Organized world religions: androcentrism & patriarchal power structures. Women: subordinate roles and marginalized participation: trans people tend to be shunned from religious groups. Feminists in the 60s & 70s were critical of christianity & practices how so: christianity as influential cultural factor reproducing of gender inequality. Gender roles: women and men assume traditional gender roles. Leader: male head minister like dictatorial patriarchal power. 50+ year battle by women to be deacons, priests, & bishops: divided church. First two to ordain priests: canada & us (1976) Victoria matthews (1996) first woman bishop in canada. 2009 14 anglican provinces allowed the ordination of women as bishops: only canada, us, australia and new zealand actually have women as bishops. Been primary agent of change in history. Subdue peoples to will of authority e. g. colonialism: e. g. missionaries, indigenous peoples and ceremonies, sun dance, quebec francophone people. Used to emancipate populations and advocate for social justice: e. g.
