Animal Studies, Feminism, and Biblical Interpretation

The Oxford Handbook of Feminist Approaches to the Hebrew Bible ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190462673.013.36 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 541-554

Author(s):

Ken Stone

Keyword(s):

Animal Studies ◽

Biblical Interpretation ◽

Gender Analysis ◽

Male Domination ◽

Biblical Literature ◽

Former Prophets ◽

And Gender

What can animal studies contribute to feminist biblical interpretation? This essay explores this question by calling attention to the role of feminist and gender analysis in contemporary interdisciplinary animal studies. Such studies point out that animals are often associated with women and with racial and ethnic others. After summarizing key positions from animal studies, the essay turns to several texts from the Pentateuch and the Former Prophets to outline the association between animals and women and ethnic others (especially Philistines) in biblical literature. The association demonstrates that another layer of complexity to male domination—or carnophallogocentrism—structures biblical literature.

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Vroue in die Sinoptiese Evangelies – méér as dekoratiewe karakters

HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies ◽

10.4102/hts.v58i4.726 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 58 (4) ◽

Author(s):

Yolanda Dreyer

Keyword(s):

Gender Studies ◽

Biblical Interpretation ◽

Synoptic Gospels ◽

Special Interests ◽

Men And Women ◽

The Public ◽

And Gender ◽

Full Humanity

Women in the Synoptic Gospels – more than decorative charactersThe aim of the paper is to show that the Synoptic Gospels represent different perspectives on Jesus and gender. From these perspectives Jesus’ narrated vision on the role of the male disciples and the women is described in order to explore some implications of the three visions in Mark, Matthew, and Luke. The focus is on developing a comprehensive philosophy which attests to the full humanity and personhood of women, the equal value of men and women as persons, and the public acknowledgement of their value. The paper demonstrates that gender studies in biblical interpretation can contribute not only to the special interests of women, but also in a broader sense to society as a whole.

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Animating the Bible’s Animals

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199967728.013.38 ◽

2015 ◽

Author(s):

Ken Stone

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Differences ◽

Jacques Derrida ◽

Animal Studies ◽

Species Difference ◽

Biblical Interpretation ◽

Donna Haraway ◽

Biblical Literature ◽

Companion Species ◽

Human Animal ◽

Biblical Texts

This chapter discusses the potential relevance of interdisciplinary animal studies for biblical interpretation. The story of Jacob and his family in Genesis 25–32 is examined from the perspective of a “critical animal hermeneutics.” Three features of such a hermeneutics, characteristic of contemporary animal studies, are emphasized: (1) the constitutive importance of “companion species,” emphasized by Donna Haraway, including in Israel’s case goats and sheep; (2) the instability of the human/animal binary, emphasized by Jacques Derrida and other thinkers; and (3) ubiquitous associations between species difference and differences among humans, particularly, in the case of biblical literature, gender and ethnic differences. Each of these features is used to read the story of Jacob and several related biblical texts.

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STRATEGI DINAS PEMBERDAYAAN PEREMPUAN DAN PERLINDUNGAN ANAK (DPPPA) KABUPATEN KARAWANG DALAM PROGRAM PERAN SERTA DAN KESETARAAN GENDER DALAM PEMBANGUNAN

Jurnal Politikom Indonesiana ◽

10.35706/jpi.v4i1.1984 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Rizky Dwi Lestari ◽

Lukmanul Hakim

Keyword(s):

Gender Equality ◽

Child Protection ◽

Organizational Capacity ◽

Development Planning ◽

Gender Analysis ◽

Women And Gender ◽

Analysis Workflow ◽

Role Of Women ◽

And Gender

The results of this study indicated that the Strategy carried out by the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Office of Karawang Regency, as a goal to accelerate the role of women and gender equality in various fields of development. At the Goal, the objective increased the role of women in politics. It improved gender equality in development planning documents. The implementation environment of the strategy and the threatening externalenvironment came from the influence of the Patriarchal culture. Theunpreparedness of women in various fields of development and incomplete understanding of gender. Theopportunity got great support from the Karawang Regent. The internal environment was supported by good organizational capacity. Determining Direction carried out with each SKPD in Karawang who has a gender analysis workflow method namely (Gender Analysis Pathway) GAP and (Gender Budget Statment) GBS by targeting a minimum of 10 SKPD and maximizing the quota of 30% women to be legislated until the target of Karawang DPRD Chair is female. The action was carried out by providing socialization to the SKPD to include the work method of gender analysis in each development planning document and providing training needed by female legislative candidates. Learning was carried out by conducting direct socialization to the Head of the SKPD who has the power in the process of making planning documents and pressing political parties to increase the presence of female party cadres in each training made.

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Travel to Work, Travel to Play: On Russian Tourism, Travel, and Leisure

Slavic Review ◽

10.2307/3185649 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 62 (4) ◽

pp. 657-665 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Diane P. Koenker

Keyword(s):

Leisure Activities ◽

National Identities ◽

Normative Values ◽

Gender Analysis ◽

Special Issue ◽

And Gender ◽

Soviet Experience

In the introduction to this special issue, Diane P. Koenker discusses the interrelated categories of travel, tourism, and leisure, looking at contrasting definitions of the traveler and the tourist and situating Russian and Soviet experience in a broader literature. Among the themes raised in the issue's articles, she enumerates the quest for knowledge and the premium placed on knowledge-producing travel and leisure activities, the tension between normative values and the desire of tourists and travelers to create their own autonomous experiences, and the ways in which the socialist project revalorized the role of the collective touring experience. She also considers the ways in which travel created both national identities and cosmopolitan ones and discusses some of the implications of spatial and gender analysis for studies of travel, touring, and leisure away from home.

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The Role of Estradiol in Traumatic Brain Injury: Mechanism and Treatment Potential

International Journal of Molecular Sciences ◽

10.3390/ijms22010011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 11

Author(s):

Erzsébet Kövesdi ◽

Edina Szabó-Meleg ◽

István M. Abrahám

Keyword(s):

Traumatic Brain Injury ◽

Brain Injury ◽

Animal Models ◽

Animal Studies ◽

Treatment Options ◽

Endocrine System ◽

Sex And Gender ◽

17Β Estradiol ◽

And Gender

Patients surviving traumatic brain injury (TBI) face numerous neurological and neuropsychological problems significantly affecting their quality of life. Extensive studies over the past decades have investigated pharmacological treatment options in different animal models, targeting various pathological consequences of TBI. Sex and gender are known to influence the outcome of TBI in animal models and in patients, respectively. Apart from its well-known effects on reproduction, 17β-estradiol (E2) has a neuroprotective role in brain injury. Hence, in this review, we focus on the effect of E2 in TBI in humans and animals. First, we discuss the clinical classification and pathomechanism of TBI, the research in animal models, and the neuroprotective role of E2. Based on the results of animal studies and clinical trials, we discuss possible E2 targets from early to late events in the pathomechanism of TBI, including neuroinflammation and possible disturbances of the endocrine system. Finally, the potential relevance of selective estrogenic compounds in the treatment of TBI will be discussed.

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