Cross Religion Study Religion and Women
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Cross Religion Study Religion and Women
THE ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF WOMEN
1) a woman who helped from the history if the tradition or who contributed to the historical development and cultural understanding of the religious tradition; a woman who, by her life, teaching and attitude, challenged or preserved the tradition and in some cases made a significant impact on its development.
As religious tradition developed there were significant changes taking place, meant the need to reaffirm key teachings or the opportunity to reinterpret another
a) CHRISTIANITY: HILDEGARD OF BINGEN
- one of the greatest & most original thinkers of medieval Europe. Her life, teachings & attitude, helped shape Christianity making a significant contribution & challenging/preserving traditions.
- Performed a number of significant roles including abbess, scientist, leading medieval authority, musician, prolific composer, artist, visionary, high profile political and religious figure
- an abbess who contributed to Christian wisdom in relation to creation
- a scientist, renowned in Europe for her herbals, medical reference books & scientific treatises
- a visionary who was one of the greatest most original thinkers of medieval Europe and helped the evolution of monasteries towards education, care of the poor and evangelism
- a high profile political and religious figure who maintained correspondence with other leading medieval thinkers and became very involved in state and church issues
- helped set up the scene for the 13th century reforms in the western church
- Lived in era where the dominant culture of the church was patriarchal, and anything that threatened the hierarchy was put down, hidden or ignored
- Referred to as a ‘renaissance woman several centuries before the renaissance’
- Interests and accomplishments in science, music, theology, painting, medicine and healing, commentaries, and prophecy and social justice and encouraged women with these gifts
- Educated by a recluse called Juta, nun at 15, received visions and revelations (contained in the aforementioned scivias She took over as head of the convent which was not conventional as wore colourful ilk dresses and wore jewellery. Which did not seam worried by sin
- The monks interfered and tried to prevent the nuns from writing and conversing with people who came to them for guidance
- Spoke about abuse of power observed among the clergy attacked the fearsome emperor Frederick Barbarossa and encouraged other nuns to write and criticise.
- Book of Divine works attacked anthropocentricism (human centre universe) as wanted readers to have feelings and celebrate the wonders of the world
- Threw society of her time into turmoil as the convent became the centre of great change
- Her books were banned and burnt....