2025/10/31 by Enrique Vega-Dávila · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Gender and Feminist Studies #Religion and Society in Latin America #Religious and Theological Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.55476/001c.146533
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Feminist movements have brought the identity of women and their relationships with various personal and structural spheres into public discussion. This has also influenced Christianity, a situation that has enabled women to be recognized through what is called a hermeneutics of suspicion. This approach has helped identify kyriarchy—an alienating sociocultural structure—and has brought to light the neglect of women from early Christianity to the present day. This paper also incorporates a Latin American ethical perspective that not only questions Christian social practices but also seeks to understand the elements that have reinforced them. From a genealogical viewpoint, an anti-patriarchal ethical approach takes feminist critiques seriously, assumes responsibility for them from a male perspective, and addresses men directly. This means challenging traditional theological methods and the narratives used to justify them. The goal is to question patriarchal religion and propose a shift in vision that sees diversity as a relational possibility, promoting horizontal relationships and active participation that reveal the Divine in our actions.