Is Jesus Christ Is Jesus A Feminist?

Women have played an important role throughout the Bible even if they were not as respected as the men were back then. I completely understand that some may want to change or interpret the Bible in their own way, however, I have to agree with the Matthew version of the Syrophoenician Woman that Kwok Pui-lan speaks about. Although women would love to think that their gender was worshiped during the time of Jesus, this simply is not the case according to the history books. I do not approve of pushing women out of society or discriminating people by their gender or race, but it did happen. In fact, it still happens today.

In order to discuss what we can learn from Luke about Jesus’ attitudes to women we must first understand a little about Luke himself. According to Charpentier E (1981:81) Luke had been seen as the, ‘beloved physician’, which is also cited in Hayes, M A. and Gearon L (1998:145) whom further state that Luke travelled with Paul from Troas to Philippi in Greece, Paul, (Col 4:14) expressly calls him, ‘the beloved physician’. He was in fact Paul’s medical adviser. Luke’s acts were written in c AD 80.

Feminism, according to Merriam-Webster (2016) is defined as "the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men." Though this is the definition of the term,

Feminists see gender inequality as the fundamental division and patriarchal ideology as playing a key role in legitimising it as gender differences are a feature in all societies. Many ideologies exist to justify these gender inequalities. An example of this is the belief that women should either be virgins or whores; this is shown through Mary Magdalene. This is also reinforces the idea that women are sexual objects. This also shows that ideology can be a belief system in terms of beliefs and ideas about women and how people believe that women are inferior to men.

In our Gospel reading Jesus retreats to a Gentile area where he thought he would be anonymous, and no doubt Jesus was weary of preaching to people who did not listen; but, on this retreat, he was approached by a woman, and not just any woman. She was a Syrophonecian Gentile woman who probably worshiped Greek gods; yet, she goes to Jesus knowing what Jews of those days thought of her. She is desperate; she needs help; she presents her case to Jesus (Mark 7:24-30).

When discussing the Bible’s New Testament, there are several individuals aside from Jesus that gander a lot of attention. It is not uncommon to hear pastors and priest preaching about the disciples that walked with the messiah during his time of great works during a Sunday service. There are many lessons to be learned from the experiences of and trails faced by the men that knew best. However, even though the Bible is considerable a masculine text, there are many notable women sprinkled throughout it. Most notable, of course, would be the mother of Jesus, Mary. She made several appearances throughout the Gospel from the moment the angel came to her and said “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you” (Luke 1:28) to let her know that she was going to be the mother of the “Son of the Most High” (Luke 1:32) to the moment she stood witness to the crucifixion of that Son. Today, after Jesus, Mary – sometimes also called The Virgin Mary – is among those most revered in the Bible. However, she is not the only Mary to have close ties to the Biblical savior. There are actually at least three other Marys to walk along side with Jesus at some point, but none more conversational than Mary Magdalene.

| Through ethical conduct, Jesus was able to use Women to justify Gods actions and show us how to share Gods never failing love.

Everyone in this world is entitled to his or her own opinion. Each individual has a different point of view for something; no one’s opinion is right or is wrong. For me, I find it very interesting to listen to someone else’s opinion that is different than mine. However, there are others who have their own opinion, and they do not believe or even want to take into consideration what other peoples’ opinion is. This is how the religious leaders were in the book of Matthew.

In her essay Feminist Hermeneutics and Biblical studies Phyllis Trible talks about how the interpreters of the Bible have changed it around so that it may fit the agenda of the church and tried to define the roles of both genders. She also pointed out in the bible females were often disregarded or looked down upon in the bible and how the language of the bible also negatively portrayed females in the bible. Dr. Trible argues her thesis in three points the first point is that the bible pretty much treats women worse than garbage she cites multiple verses of scripture where women are horribly treated and were told to go on their merry way. Dr. Trible pointed out that this was a blatant mistreatment of females. Therefore feminists who have read

How far can you be a Feminist Biblical Scholar and Remain a Faithful Christian or Jew?

I argue that Plato is a proto-traditional feminist, but not a modern feminist, because he only advocates for equality between men and women. In the beginning of book five, Socrates describes the

But, that does not make the wrong things that men do ok for a woman to do as well. Whether done by a man or a woman, some behavior is still not appropriate. Feminism used to be about equal rights for jobs and voting and important matters. Now, women use feminism and equal “rights” to perform behavior that is not ideal behavior for anyone with good morals. As a country that believes in Christ should feminism even exist? Women who have the wrong idea of feminism give up their dignity and pride to be considered free. Women have sex freely and men still look down on them. Instead of being viewed as pure you are viewed as dirty. If anything, the act of feminism has caused women to be even more degraded today. Women expose themselves in music videos and pornography.

The textbook definition of feminism is “a doctrine that advocates equal rights for women” (WordNet, 2010). While this is correct, there is much more to it than that.

When it comes to faith or belief Nash says that inclusivists have a different focus. “Inclusivists believe that an act of faith is necessary for salvation, they insist that this faith need not have Jesus as its direct object” (Nash, 1994, p. 123).

The first reason is that Jesus is the seed of the women we hear about throughout the bible.