Women In Western Religion
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My intent of this paper is to give the reader knowledge and understanding of women in three different religious traditions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islamic. I will compare and contrast on these three different religions and the role of women in each.
The Bible and the church have been the grea ....
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.... teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence. We must look at the historical context of the passage.
Written approximately 2000 years ago, many parts of the Bible seem outdated. The passage portrays a time when women were property and were "trained" to be weak and fragile. This stopped only about thirty years ago. Before this time, society taught women from birth to be submissive to men. What does this mean to us today? It means that although American society is no longe ....
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