Identifying and Dismantling Patriarchy and Other Systems of Oppression of Women: Gender Analysis, Feminist Theology, and the Church in Mission  

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Neuenfeldt, Elaine

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: International Review of Mission vol. 104.1 no. 400 (Apr. 2015), page 18-25.
Topik: feminist theologian; women; patriarchy

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Coming from Latin America and as a feminist theologian, I have learned that the ability or the capacity to name the reality, or to read the context, is a first step in the process of doing theology. Theology emerges from context, and naming or identifying where we stand is one important step in moving forward into the next important stages in the process of building awareness. A second step is the mediation of theological or sociological elements that help us to discern the reality. This discernment is an impulse toward the final step in the methodological spiral, which is to achieve change--to implement the action of change and transformation. I am going through this methodological spiral as a reminder that what we really want to achieve through our theological reflections and praxis is change! Our final aim is not just solid theological analysis, but ultimately to see transformation in the lives of women and men. Naming and discerning are important then not just to learn more, or to increase our store of knowledge, but in the end to taste in our daily lives the dream that we pray for in this assembly theme: God of life, lead us to justice and peace! A quick look at women's daily realities gives us a sense of the challenge we face: 70 percent of the poor people in the world are women, and women occupy 52 percent of the most vulnerable workforce. Moreover, while 80 percent of food in the world is produced by women and they constitute themselves as guardians of biodiversity in agriculture, unequal salaries are still the reality in all countries. For example, in Switzerland we find an 18.4 percent pay gap between women and men; in Germany, a 21.6 percent pay gap; and in France, a woman must work 54 days more than a man to make an equal salary (2011).

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