Feminist theology sought to reform religion rather than reject it.
Evidence
Feminist theology within the mainstream Protestant churches differed significantly from that of Stanton. Its goal was to make religion
less sexist, not to make women any less religious.
— Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Righteous Discontent, 640
Categorization
- DEFINE: Cleanly distinguishes two strategies women used against patriarchal scripture - reform-from-within versus Stanton’s wholesale condemnation.
- recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source
- XREF: connects to: Illiberal religious choices can be autonomous rather than imposed by patriarchy — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 488; Women justify religious leadership through juristic disagreement, not gender equality — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety: The Islamic Revival…, 619; Redefining daewa as an individual obligation opened space for women’s religious authority (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Women justify religious leadership through juristic disagreement, not gender equality
#exemplifies(0.80) — Saba Mahmood, Politics of Piety, 619 - Illiberal religious choices can be autonomous rather than imposed by patriarchy
#corroborates(0.78) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 488 - Redefining daewa as an individual obligation opened space for women’s religious authority
#exemplifies(0.78)