Binaries
What is the Exodus?
This person was the main protagonist in the Exodus story.
Who is Moses?
When it comes to religion in America, this is the fastest growing demographic.
Who are "the nones" or the unaffiliated?
This is the radical notion that women are people.
What is feminism?
"To give each their due" is the basic definition of this concept.
What is justice?
For some Muslim women, this is a form of oppression; for others, it is an expression of liberation.
What is the hijab?
These mystics are from the Sufi tradition and known for their trance-like meditative dance.
Who are the Whirling Dervishes?
This religion is practiced on national holidays, honors significant figures in a nation's history, and seeks to build national identity.
What is civil religion?
This form of religion insists that the United States is - and remain - a Christian nation.
What is Christian nationalism?
The Passover story in the book of Exodus is ultimately about this "L" word.
What is liberation?
This view of gender insists on distinct and complementing roles for males and females.
What is complementarianism?
The orange on the Passover Seder plate symbolizes the struggle for liberation of these folks.
Who are LGBTQ people?
32% of Americans have one of these; 22% of them have more than one.
What is a tattoo?
This expression of religion emphasizes a direct encounter with "the holy"
What is mysticism?
When it comes to dealing with the sexism in religion, some feminists attempt to dismantle it and put something new in its place. This is called...
This form of social organization features ranked binaries.
What is hierarchy?
These feminists believe the root cause of sexism is patriarchy.
Who are radical feminists?
This form of feminism focuses on protecting women's political rights.
What is liberal feminism.
Often part of discussions about God, this "ism" emphasizes maleness as the human default or norm.
What is androcentrism?
This approach to justice is the opposite to the retributive approach used in the US criminal justice system.
What is restorative (or transformational) justice?
This expression of religion is the opposite of mysticism
What is fundamentalism?
This Black American Buddhist developed her own dharma of feminism.
Who is Earthlyn Manuel?
This way of understanding gender emphasizes how people show up in the world.
What is expression?
This expression of religion emphasizes self-denial as a pathway toward religions' solutions.
What is asceticism?
This response to injustice creates social change by building up the power of people. Dr. O'C is teaching a class on it next semester.
What is community organizing?