Female Image of God and Women's Leadership in Ciudad Mistica de Dios
Ciudad Mistica is an autochthonous nationalist religious group in Mount Banahaw, Philippines. A hybrid religion that has blended Christian symbols and beliefs with its deeply held belief in the Motherhood of God and women's spiritual leadership, it has both accommodated to and resisted colonial...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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SCM Press
[2018]
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2018, Issue: 1, Pages: 83-91 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Balitaan, Maria Bernarda ca. 19. Jh
/ Ciudad Mistica de Dios
/ God
/ Symbolics
/ Woman
/ Catholic Church
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| IxTheo Classification: | AZ New religious movements KBM Asia KDB Roman Catholic Church NBC Doctrine of God NBE Anthropology |
| Further subjects: | B
Image of God
B WOMEN leaders B RELIGIOUS groups |
| Summary: | Ciudad Mistica is an autochthonous nationalist religious group in Mount Banahaw, Philippines. A hybrid religion that has blended Christian symbols and beliefs with its deeply held belief in the Motherhood of God and women's spiritual leadership, it has both accommodated to and resisted colonial domination. This essay explores the question: What would a contrapuntal reading of the beliefs and praxis of the Catholic Church and Ciudad Mistica yield for a conversation on the issue of female God image and leadership of women in the church? Feminist Christians can learn from Mistica that God can be seen as Mother, without necessarily linking this to physical motherhood and traditional feminine qualities. Mistica likewise demonstrates how a female imaging of God translates to and/or is supported by women's religious leadership, and that a woman-led church need not be a mirror image of a patriarchal church. Mistica is also a reminder to post-gender feminists that in particular cultural contexts, gender continues to be regarded as a significant category but such do not always lead to the subordination of women. Mistica on the other hand, in its encounter with Christian feminists, seems to have moved from a theological belief in women's spiritual pre-eminence to a focus instead on the equal creation of woman and man in God's image. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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