on This week was incredibly interesting in relation to what we have done in previous weeks. What appealed to me the most was the necessity to view gender as a spectrum and not as a binary. After all, gender does not exist as something separate from other aspects that make people the individuals they are –… Continue Reading Week 9
on The topic of week eight was one of those I was looking forward to the most. It greatly expanded my horizons, mostly by connecting the image of Lilith (or its change) to feminism and the contemporary world in general. From the 1970s onwards Lilith is viewed as a woman that does not fit within the… Continue Reading week 8
on This week’s topic had a more contemporary turn – compared to last week where Jennifer Knust was discussing already existing stories, this week we studied Heather Walton who creates her own. Heather Walton is an incredible female theologian who wrote Not Eden, a spiritual autobiography. I believe that it is incredibly important to create new stories… Continue Reading week 7
on Last week we have learned that because of colonialism, the western Christian mindset spread over the colonized world. This then implemented the view of gender binaries. Drawing on this information we begin to explore this idea in more detail. Specifically, the representation of women in religious texts and environments. Because westernized Christian societies tend to… Continue Reading Week 5
on Considering the theme of the whole module, this week’s topic is one of the most important ones. It implements the factors of critical religion – if we want to understand the whole picture, then we need to know the historical relevance and progress of the discipline[1] – and connects it to gender. If there is… Continue Reading week 4
on I have been trying to figure out how to better understand the learning journal, I was mostly trying to concentrate on questions from the lecture material, but I am starting to realize I should concentrate more on the parts that had a greater impact on me, which are usually those I can relate to in… Continue Reading Week 3