Based on a sociocultural perspective and feminist criticism, this article shows that historical theology, modern science and other narratives on modernity always had in common the androcentric perspective of knowledge. Inspirated by Rita Felski’s work, The Gender of Modernity, it constructs an analogy between theological thinking and accounts of modernity, showing how the male knowledge produced symbolic representations that gained impacts on social and ecclesial organization. This thinking has performative power and universalized and institutionalized hierarchical and andocentric structures, turned invisible women’s experiences in the course of the historical processes, and also produced and legalized gender inequality and the subordinate position of women within social and ecclesial institutions.
Keywords:
gender, modernity, theology, feminist criticism, male thinking
Furlin, N. (2015). O gênero da modernidade e o gênero da teologia: impactos socioculturais do pensamento masculino. Revista Punto Género, (4), Pág. 55–82. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2014.36409
