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Rediscovering gender inclusive religious interpretations and practices : a response to Rita M. Gross
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While feminist scholars and theologians in the West had defined sexist beliefs and practices in world religions by using feminist standards and definitions, in the 1970s, they began formulating answers to questions of what to do next, as pointed out in Gross’s paper. In Indonesia, feminist scholarship has just begun to grow. There are many possible arguments to explain the gap of this differing state of feminist scholarship. From a political perspective we might argue that macro socio-political and intellectual situations in the West has allowed more freedom in challenging religious discourse than most Eastern and Muslim countries have. This is partly because of the prominent presence of modernity and secularism in the region. Developing feminist theology as engaged scholarship and social activism is relatively less problematic in secular and modern countries than in countries with a strong religious identity, such as Indonesia.
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2014
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9782940428694
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