Christian Dogma And American Modern Feminism

Résumé: Abstract Feminism is a belief that refers to social, political, and economic equal rights and opportunities between male and female that started in 1960’s and lasted until 1980’s. Religion has been one of the most powerful institutions involved in shaping people’s beliefs, attitudes, values, and behavior. Few scholars, however, both in China and in the United States, have ever focused on this topic. This thesis studies feminism in relation with religions, it specifies with Christianity as a main subject for this work. It contains the necessary information to understand how feminism as new movement is constructed with Christianity which always considers patriarchy as a central element in the life of Church. However, it seeks to show the way Church treats women in the old and modern era and the Bible's view on them, it also presents the roles women played to achieve their God's satisfaction whereas in Church, in their families, with their husbands, relatives and in the whole community. Besides that, this thesis provides the achievements that some women figures realized through politics, religion as well as literary writings. This piece of research relied most on two methods: the historical and descriptive approaches.

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