A gender-critical approach to the Pauline material and the Zimbabwean context with specific reference to the position and role of women in selected denominations
Year: 2008
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In this work I have used Pierre Bourdieu's concept of habitus as a springboard to examine the \nPauline tradition in the light of Zimbabwe-African, cultural, legal and social attitudes to women. I \nhave highlighted the conflict between the practices defined by Zimbabwean Constitutional law \nregarding the status of women and what is the actual situation on the ground, also considering the \nrole of the church in confronting or conforming to the cultural norms. I have likewise highlighted \nthe conflict in the Pauline tradition where one hand women are given more active roles in the \nchurch than could be expected according to the customs of the time, but on the other hand are still \nbound by an oppressive tradition. I have concluded by suggesting how the church can act in order \nto break free of this oppressive tradition and bring about change in the habitus of the society.
Author: Patricia Olwyn Townshend
Language: English
Subfield: Religious studies
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W136628465