Sociology - A level - Religion theories -
Feminism
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4 different types of Feminism -✔✔✔Liberal, Marxist, Islamic and Radical
Liberal Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which say there has been a march of progress,
Functionalism agree. Religion can help this process.
Marxist Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which says religion supports Capitalism as it divides men
from women.
Radical Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which says religion only benefits men, promoting
patriarchy.
Islamic Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which say that Western feminists are misguided and
ethnocentric, but, there are forms of oppression within Islam to campaign against.
Bruce -✔✔✔Sociologist who say women are excluded from key roles in many religions.
Armstrong -✔✔✔Sociologist who say no major religions have been good to women. They have become
male affairs and women have been relegated to marginal positions.
Daly -✔✔✔Sociologist who says Christianity is an ideological force that spreads a 'patriarchal myth'
De Beauvoir -✔✔✔Sociologist who say religion is used to control women and then compensates
women for their second class status. E.g. suffering on earth by gaining equality in heaven.
Feminism
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4 different types of Feminism -✔✔✔Liberal, Marxist, Islamic and Radical
Liberal Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which say there has been a march of progress,
Functionalism agree. Religion can help this process.
Marxist Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which says religion supports Capitalism as it divides men
from women.
Radical Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which says religion only benefits men, promoting
patriarchy.
Islamic Feminism -✔✔✔Type of Feminism which say that Western feminists are misguided and
ethnocentric, but, there are forms of oppression within Islam to campaign against.
Bruce -✔✔✔Sociologist who say women are excluded from key roles in many religions.
Armstrong -✔✔✔Sociologist who say no major religions have been good to women. They have become
male affairs and women have been relegated to marginal positions.
Daly -✔✔✔Sociologist who says Christianity is an ideological force that spreads a 'patriarchal myth'
De Beauvoir -✔✔✔Sociologist who say religion is used to control women and then compensates
women for their second class status. E.g. suffering on earth by gaining equality in heaven.
