Holy misogyny : why the sex and gender conflicts in the early church still matter
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Holy misogyny : why the sex and gender conflicts in the early church still matter
Bloomsbury, 2013
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-159) and index
"First published 2011 by Continuum. First published in paperback 2013"--T.p. verso
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Description
In Holy Misogyny, bible scholar April DeConick wants real answers to the questions that are rarely whispered from the pulpits of the contemporary Christian churches. Why is God male? Why are women associated with sin? Why can't women be priests? Drawing on her extensive knowledge of the early Christian literature, she seeks to understand the conflicts over sex and gender in the early church-what they were and what was at stake. She explains how these ancient conflicts have shaped contemporary Christianity and its promotion of male exclusivity and superiority in terms of God, church leadership, and the bed.
DeConick's detective work uncovers old aspects of Christianity before later doctrines and dogmas were imposed upon the churches, and the earlier teachings about the female were distorted. Holy Misogyny shows how the female was systematically erased from the Christian tradition, and why. She concludes that the distortion and erasure of the female is the result of ancient misogyny made divine writ, a holy misogyny that remains with us today.
Table of Contents
Introduction: A Lady God?
Chapter 1.
Where did God the Mother Go?
The Jewish Spirit
The Angel Sophia
A Hebrew Goddess
The Recovery of God's Wife
Chapter 2.
Why was the Spirit Neutered?
Introducing Jesus' True Mother
Carried up Mount Tabor
In the Name of the Mother Spirit
Born from the Womb of Water
Milking the Breasts of God
The Mother's Erasure
God's Gender Crisis
Chapter 3.
Did Jesus Think Sex is a Sin?
A Double Message
Sex Limits
Sex According to Jesus
A Women's Advocate
Chapter 4.
Did Paul Hate Women?
The Burgeoning of Chastity
To Veil or Not to Veil
Vanishing Women
Chapter 5.
Is Marriage a Sin?
Rereading Genesis
The Devil Made Me Do tI
In Defiance of the Creator
It's the End of the World
Chapter 6.
Is Marriage Salvation?
Sacred Sex
The Law is a Joke
Soul Collectors
Chapter 7.
Once a Woman, Always a Woman?
The Church is a Household
Brides of Christ
The Devil's Gateway
Chapter 8.
How do we Solve a Problem Like Maria?
Mary Caught in the Crossfire
The Male Mary
The Sexual Mary
The Apostolic Mary
Chapter 9.
Because the Bible Tells Us So?
Further Reading
Notes
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