Zeus Syndrome: A Very Short History of Religion-Based Masculine Domination

ISBN-13: 9781032212296 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 144 str.

Joachim Kugler

Opis

This interdisciplinary volume recontextualises biblical texts to explore how the relationship between sex/gender, power, and religion is constructed to produce a rape culture, linking religious history with contemporary conflicts to show the endurance of these concepts today.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. A Female King? – The Public Body of Hatshepsut  2. Hatshepsut Baptised: Christian Women as Sons of God  3. Why One Must Not Turn a Man into a Woman (Egypt – Greece – Rome)  4. Defending Masculinity Under Oppression: The Biblical Plan to Be Different  5. The Beautiful Ruler and The Ugly Redeemer  6. "God-Wives", "Old Virgins", "Young Widows": Women Without Human Husbands  7. Zeus-Syndrome, #MeToo and the Hope for Something New  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Joachim Kügler is a Professor of New Testament Studies at University of Bamberg, Germany.