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1	Women and empowerment: strategies to achieve the liberation of women from oppression. Venables, Heather Elaine 11 1900 (has links) Women today continue to struggle against male-dominated values and norms, and male prejudices, both in society and the Church. This balance of power needs to be altered to free women from the domination of men. The strategies proposed in this dissertation are based on the Christian ethic of justice and equality. Their implementation, I argue, would empower women to resist oppression, independently of men, to achieve liberation and equality so that male-dominated ideologies and structures could no longer oppress. A case study of women ministers in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa revealed discrimination against, and the limitation of the ministries of women clergy. The ethical dilemma of the Church appearing to follow, rather than to lead society on such issues was noted. The attainment of the liberation of women is dependent solely upon themselves and the extent to which they are prepared to take responsibility for their own lives. / M.Th. (Theological Ethics) Women and equality Women's oppression Liberation strategies Women and empowerment Strategies for women Women ministers The Methodist Church of Southern Africa Language and stereotypes Gender roles Social conditioning and gender bias 261.83440968 Women in Christianity. Bible and feminism. Ordination of women. Women clergy. Methodist Church -- South Africa.
2	Women and empowerment: strategies to achieve the liberation of women from oppression. Venables, Heather Elaine 11 1900 (has links) Women today continue to struggle against male-dominated values and norms, and male prejudices, both in society and the Church. This balance of power needs to be altered to free women from the domination of men. The strategies proposed in this dissertation are based on the Christian ethic of justice and equality. Their implementation, I argue, would empower women to resist oppression, independently of men, to achieve liberation and equality so that male-dominated ideologies and structures could no longer oppress. A case study of women ministers in the Methodist Church of Southern Africa revealed discrimination against, and the limitation of the ministries of women clergy. The ethical dilemma of the Church appearing to follow, rather than to lead society on such issues was noted. The attainment of the liberation of women is dependent solely upon themselves and the extent to which they are prepared to take responsibility for their own lives. / M.Th. (Theological Ethics) Women and equality Women's oppression Liberation strategies Women and empowerment Strategies for women Women ministers The Methodist Church of Southern Africa Language and stereotypes Gender roles Social conditioning and gender bias 261.83440968 Women in Christianity. Bible and feminism. Ordination of women. Women clergy. Methodist Church -- South Africa.

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Women and empowerment: strategies to achieve the liberation of women from oppression.

Women and empowerment: strategies to achieve the liberation of women from oppression.