Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament

God constructs represent the ideal symbolic �body� of a community, a regulating ideology that moulds and refines the values and norms of that community. In this study it is shown that values wherein femininity is incorporated, specifically with regards to the construction of a god character, lead to...

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Main Authors: P P Venter, H Viviers
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2008-05-01
Series:Verbum et Ecclesia
Online Access:http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/15
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spelling doaj-4e3736416ff14f1cb45a0f0dd5a1c3ab2020-11-25T00:32:54ZafrAOSISVerbum et Ecclesia 1609-99822074-77052008-05-0129125026810.4102/ve.v29i1.1515Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou TestamentP P Venter0H Viviers1Universiteit van JohannesburgUniversiteit van JohannesburgGod constructs represent the ideal symbolic �body� of a community, a regulating ideology that moulds and refines the values and norms of that community. In this study it is shown that values wherein femininity is incorporated, specifically with regards to the construction of a god character, lead to a more just attitude towards Earth. Values that lead to the construction of a god character as exclusively male, or the metaphorization of a god as one-sidedly masculine, lead to an attitude of disregard and destructiveness towards Earth. The findings of a body critical analysis of four well known and authoritative Biblical cosmological texts in this regard confirmed that mutual incorporation of male as well as female values should constitute the god symbols of a society. A society that shares the conviction of eco-justice will deconstruct traditional polarizing gender categories and gender hierarchies and replace them with the notion of gender complementarity, and consequently establish a relationship of empathic absorption, mutual incorporation and reciprocal constitution between the subjects human and earth.http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/15
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Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament
Verbum et Ecclesia
author_facet P P Venter
H Viviers
author_sort P P Venter
title Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament
title_short Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament
title_full Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament
title_fullStr Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament
title_full_unstemmed Vroulikheid by die Skeppergod? �n Liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die Ou Testament
title_sort vroulikheid by die skeppergod? �n liggaamskritiese ontleding van geselekteerde skeppingstekste in die ou testament
publisher AOSIS
series Verbum et Ecclesia
issn 1609-9982
2074-7705
publishDate 2008-05-01
description God constructs represent the ideal symbolic �body� of a community, a regulating ideology that moulds and refines the values and norms of that community. In this study it is shown that values wherein femininity is incorporated, specifically with regards to the construction of a god character, lead to a more just attitude towards Earth. Values that lead to the construction of a god character as exclusively male, or the metaphorization of a god as one-sidedly masculine, lead to an attitude of disregard and destructiveness towards Earth. The findings of a body critical analysis of four well known and authoritative Biblical cosmological texts in this regard confirmed that mutual incorporation of male as well as female values should constitute the god symbols of a society. A society that shares the conviction of eco-justice will deconstruct traditional polarizing gender categories and gender hierarchies and replace them with the notion of gender complementarity, and consequently establish a relationship of empathic absorption, mutual incorporation and reciprocal constitution between the subjects human and earth.
url http://verbumetecclesia.org.za/index.php/VE/article/view/15
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