“Some Sadducees came” to Jesus and made a harmful patriarchal assumption about women, also children, “If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.” The harmful patriarchal assumption is that women are controlled by men as property. Under patriarchy, women are … Continue reading “Pro-Life Sexuality, Pro-Choice Patriarchy”
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Genuine or Constructed
Sarah, in today’s Old Testament reading, has yet to give birth to a child. She is judged by the society surrounding her as cursed by God. God is believed to be inflicting this suffering upon her for some sin. Sarah suffers deep shame as a result. That Sarah is yet to give birth to a … Continue reading “Genuine or Constructed”