The Liberation of Christology from Patriarchy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23197280 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosemary Radford Ruether (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 781-782 |
| Pages | 324-335 |
| Publication date | 1985-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Blackfriars (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-4289 • E-ISSN: 1741-2005 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-2005.1985.tb02719.x |
| OpenAlex | W2143225402 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
The doctrine of Christ should be the most comprehensive way that Christians express their belief in redemption from all sin and evil in human life, the doctrine that embraces the authentic humanity and fulfilled hopes of all persons. The theological categories adopted by early Christianity to define the doctrine of Christ—early Christology, in other words—would seem to be inclusive of women. And yet, of all Christian doctrine, it has been the doctrine of Christ that has been most frequently used to exclude women from full participation in the Christian Church. How is this possible? Early Christianity used the word ‘logos’ to define that presence of God which has become incarnate in Jesus Christ. This term drew on a long tradition of religious philosophy. In Greek and Hellenistic Jewish philosophy, the divine Logos was the means by which the transcendent God came forth in the beginning to create the world. The Logos was simultaneously the immanence of God and the ground of creation. Through the Logos God created the world, guided it, was revealed to it and reconciled the world to God. The Logos was particularly related to the rational principle in each human soul. By linking the term Christ, the Messiah, through which God redeemed the world, to the Logos, early Christianity prevented a split between creation and redemption threatened by early gnosticism. The God revealed in Christ was the same God who created the world in the beginning, the authentic ground of creation manifest in fulfilled form over against the alienation of creation from its true being.
Christology · Liberation · Patriarchy · Sociology · Theology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Chemistry · Christian Theology and Mission · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1997 - 2023 (27) |
| Highly cited | No |