Mighty Victims”
Women Writers and the Feminization of Christ
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12410860 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Julie Melnyk (University of Missouri, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 131-157 |
| Publication date | 2003-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Victorian Literature and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1060-1503 • E-ISSN: 1470-1553 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s106015030300007x |
| OpenAlex | W2031244283 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
I N NINETEENTH-CENTURY BRITAIN the image and nature of Christ was a prime site of ideological conflict. As the central figure in the dominant religious tradition, Christ was, perhaps inevitably, redefined and claimed by different social groups attempting to harness his remaining cultural influence. One of the dominant images of Christ, however, one that permeated Victorian Christianity, was distinctly feminized, emphasizing virtues and roles allotted to women according to “separate-spheres” gender ideology and often focusing on his passivity and suffering
Aesthetics · Art · Christianity · Epistemology · Faith · Feminization (sociology · Ideology · Jesus christ · Literature · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Gender, and Enlightenment · Religious studies · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |