Posted on
Thu, 11/21/2013 - 09:44
GENDER EQUALITY OF HUMAN RIGHTS and REPRESENTATION
AMENDMENT TO THE U.S. CONSTITUTION
E-Mail correspondence below calls for a different priority.
Rabbi Lerner—It is time to launch an “agonizing reappraisal” of the destructive role that religious institutions have had upon Humanity.
The continuing violence against women and her children throughout human history must be understood within a religious framework. Transforming Cultures of Violence into Cultures of Peace is not possible without a transformation of values and assumptions of gender inequality inherent in religious theology.
So God created man in his own image; in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27-29).
Themes:
culture
pleasure
shame
violence