western women in religion adn writting

Historically women and western culture have not been compatible one another. This is probably due to the fact that most of history has been recorded under a patriarchal rule. Western society has been made to look as if it was always been a patriarchal one. This has influence how history was recorded and preserved. As time has passed evidence has been found that the Ancient Mediterranean and Renaissance societies have not always been based on a system in which men held all high positions of power. Despite this knowledge, present day historians have been reluctant to accept the idea that perhaps Mediterranean and Renaissance Women in ancient history were highly educated and many held high positions of power (Gosline, 25). Many women during this period were writers, philosophers, or lawyers. Others even held positions of power in religion. Yet little can be found in more contemporary history books regarding these women. This paper will focus its attention some of the literature!

More recent research has shown that Mediterranean (Egyptian, Greek, and Roman) women of all periods participated extensively in the most sacrosanct aspects of worship. But in order to minimize the effects of their titles, h

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" Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion. ”Western Civilization “ Third Edition.

Trojesen, Karen Jo, When Women Were Priests.

The title of Prophetess was give to women in the Montanus movement (movement in which women held high office in the church). "Female Priests: A Sacerdotal Precedent from Ancient Egypt. If none of these signs were present, then no one could challenge what the prophet or prophetess was saying. With the taste of this great freedom, women were not willing to give it up. Another ex-servant, Margaret Tyler, was also concerned with popular subject matter. A lot of her work was dedicated to her dead brother and she claimed her writing was in honor of him (Krontiris 67). According to Torjesen, householders directed and supervised the men and women who worked under them. These findings dispel any diminishing of the titles held by those women. The religious translations were well accepted because they did not include any personal ideas and it was of good moral subject (Krontiris 20). The class status of the writers had an enormous influence on the work.

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