Timeline Of Women In Religion
This is a timeline of women in religion. See also: Timeline of women in religion in the United States. Timeline Ancient history and Middle Ages *8th–7th century BCE Livy, Plutarch, and Aulus Gellius attribute the creation of the Vestal Virgins as a state-supported priestesshood to king Numa Pompilius, who reigned circa 717–673 BC. *6th century BCE Mahapajapati Gotami, the aunt and foster mother of Buddha, became the first woman to receive Buddhist ordination. * 2nd century CE Shlama Beth Qidra is the earliest attested Mandaean scribe and copied the ''Left Ginza'' from the Mandaean holy book ''Ginza Rabba''. * 4th century The Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 by the Roman emperor Theodosius I, and Coelia Concordia, the last vestal virgin in history and the last ''Vestalis Maxima'' or Chief Vestal, stepped down from her post in 394. *5th century Prajñādhara (Prajnatara), the twenty-seventh Indian Patriarch of Zen Buddhism and teacher of Bodhidharma, is believed to h ...
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Women In Religion
The study of women and religion examines women in the context of different religious faiths. This includes considering female gender roles in religious history as well as how women participate in religion. Particular consideration is given to how religion has been used as a patriarchal tool to elevate the status and power of men over women as well as gender and religion, how religion portrays gender within religious doctrines. Abrahamic religions Christianity Christians have taken vastly diverse views on the rights, responsibilities, and roles appropriate for women to exercise in different times and places. Many Christians believe that women and men are spiritually equal, and that their equality should find itself expressed in the life of the Church. While some perspectives within the religion have upheld equality between sexes, others more rooted in the patriarchy of the ancient world equate cultural principles with religious ones in order to oppress women. A more patriarcha ...
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