Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? ‘n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament

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ID12857301
AuthorsPhilip P Venter (University of Johannesburg, corresponding author), Hendrik Viviers (0000-0003-4194-2988, University of Johannesburg)
Year2008
Volume29
Issue1
Pages250-268
Publication date2008-02-03
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVerbum et Ecclesia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1609-9982 • E-ISSN: 2074-7705
PublisherAOSIS (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.4102/ve.v29i1.15
OpenAlexW2117311959
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited4

God constructs represent the ideal symbolic “body” of a community, a regulating ideology that moulds and refines the values and norms of that community. In this study it is shown that values wherein femininity is incorporated, specifically with regards to the construction of a god character, lead to a more just attitude towards Earth. Values that lead to the construction of a god character as exclusively male, or the metaphorization of a god as one-sidedly masculine, lead to an attitude of disregard and destructiveness towards Earth. The findings of a body critical analysis of four well known and authoritative Biblical cosmological texts in this regard confirmed that mutual incorporation of male as well as female values should constitute the god symbols of a society. A society that shares the conviction of eco-justice will deconstruct traditional polarizing gender categories and gender hierarchies and replace them with the notion of gender complementarity, and consequently establish a relationship of empathic absorption, mutual incorporation and reciprocal constitution between the subjects human and earth

Character (mathematics · Complementarity (molecular biology · Constitution · Conviction · Epistemology · Femininity · Ideology · Old Testament · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Gender Studies · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy

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