Women, society and the Roman Catholic Apostolic Church

The patriarchal inheritance of women’s inferiority, in intellectual terms, still looms large these days, bringing disrespect and devaluation of women into domestic spaces, as well as in the public and religious spheres. The result is the lack of female participation in decision-making processes, as...

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Author: Furtado, Maria Cristina Silva
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:Brasil
Institution:Instituto de Teologia e Pastoral (ITEPA)
Repository:Revista Teopráxis
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.revista.itepa.com.br:article/194
Online Access:https://itepa.com.br/ojs/index.php/teopraxis/article/view/194
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Violência
Mulher
Sociedade
Amor incondicional
Violence
Woman
Society
Unconditional love
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Summary:The patriarchal inheritance of women’s inferiority, in intellectual terms, still looms large these days, bringing disrespect and devaluation of women into domestic spaces, as well as in the public and religious spheres. The result is the lack of female participation in decision-making processes, as well as the increasing violence we are witness to daily. In this article, we will bring a historical retrospective of violence against women since Bible times (OT and NT), how this negative view was inserted into Christianity, and reached our days. We will see how women have worked intensely to modify this reality. The feminist movement will also be analyzed in how important it has been in this struggle and how women’s study of theology had led them to encounter the liberating God and enabled feminist theologies. These, with their developments have collaborated to bring new theological perspectives, teaching women to see their potential. Finally, it will address the small changes that the Catholic Church has made, since the arrival of Pope Francis, and the desired prospects.