Articles of category "Effect on religion"

The major organized religions of today - Judaism, Islam and Christianity - have a male Deity and therefore men are considered more "divine" than women. This viewpoint might have been a backlash from the ancient religions that worshipped a Goddess and could not understand the mystery of female fertility. As many religions teach, things come and go in cycles. While women are blatantly treated as inferiors in Christianity, Judaism and Islam, the rise of feminism in the 1960's reopened the look into the ancient Goddess and pagan religions. Feminism and religion can go together, but only if men can accept this.

World over, there has been a lot of issues raised regarding feminism and religion. A lot of feminist activists argue that religion sometimes suppresses women purely on the basis of their sex and there is no rationale behind it. However, there are an equal number of religious leaders who say that every ritual followed in religion have a deep and profound meaning. To discuss these issues, read on.