Look at these pictures. What do you see?

Do you see a connection?

Term 5: Religion & Community Cohesion

1. How & Why Attitudes To The Roles Of

Men & Women Have

Changed In the UK

2. Different Christian

Attitudes to Equal Rights

For Women In Religion

3. The UK As A Multi-Ethnic

Society

4. Assessment 5. Government Action To Promote

Community Cohesion In the UK

6. Why Christians

Should Help To Promote

Racial Harmony

Complete Religion & Community Cohesion

3 & Begin Religion: Rights &

Responsibilities

Half Term Holiday

Assessment Feedback

By the end of this lesson…

• D Describe the key words associated with equality • C/B Explain three different Christian attitudes to

roles of men and women • A/A*Evaluate the value and meaning of these

different attitudes

Key Words: Sexism, Discrimination, Prejudice, Equality, Feminism

Sexism

Discrimination

Prejudice

Equality

Racism

Find the definitions to these key words on pages

102 and 114 in the textbook

Sexism Where everyone has equal rights, no matter what their sex, race or class.

Discrimination Treating someone differently because of their race.

Prejudice Treating someone differently because of their sex, whether male or female.

Equality Judging a person to be inferior, before you know them.

Racism Putting prejudice into action – treating someone differently because you think they’re inferior based on race, sex or class.

Traditional view of Feminism sought to emancipate women in society and give them equal opportunities.

Modern view of Feminism believed that - men and women are different and have different roles, but women should have equal status to men.

What is Feminism?

Do you think we need feminism anymore?

Where do these ideas come from?

Christian attitudes tend to be based on the idea of women being child-bearers, wives and submissive companions to their husbands. The Christian approach is the Hebrew view of women as being created for the man, the property of the man, and in all sense secondary to the man.

Genesis 3:16

16 And he said to the woman, “I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him.”

What do Christians think?Use the separate sheet and pages 104 and 105 in the textbook

Modern Protestants think that….

Men and women have equal rights and they

have women ministers and priestsBecause …

•God created men and women at the same

time and equal•Jesus treated women as equals in the gospels

Roman Catholics think that…

Men and women have equal rights and they

can have any role in the church but they can’t be

a priest or bishop.Because …

•The Catholic Catechism says men and women

are equal• Only men can be priests because the

apostles were all men

Traditional Protestants think that…

Men and women have separate and different

roles and so cannot have equal rights

Because …•St Paul says women should not speak in

church•Jesus only had male

followers

Sum it Up

Equal Roles Women Priests

Traditional Protestants

X X

Modern Protestants

Roman Catholics

X

Equal Roles Women Priests

Traditional Protestants

Modern Protestants

Roman Catholics

“Women should have equal rights in Christianity” i) Do you agree? Give reasons for your opinionii) Give reasons why some people may disagree with you

Alternative Writing Frame

To be used instead of slide 8

Catholic View Traditional Protestant View Modern Protestant View

Genesis 1: Created in God’s image, all equal in the eyes of God

The 1971 report that Justice of the world where the Bishop called for women to participate in the society of the Church.

St. Paul uses the story of Adam and Eve that Men have been given more rights than women by God

St. Paul taught that women should not teach or speak in church.

Women appeared to Jesus at the resurrection, Jesus treated women as equal. He treated a Samaritan women and had women disciples.

Use pages 104 and 105 to fill in the missing spaces

Different Christian attitudes to equal rights for women in religion

Catholic View Traditional Protestant View Modern Protestant View

Genesis 1: Created in God’s image, all equal in the eyes of God

Jesus had women followers, but he chose men as his twelve apostles

Creation story men and women were created equal and in God’s image

The 1971 report that Justice of the world where the Bishop called for women to participate in the society of the Church.

St. Paul uses the story of Adam and Eve that Men have been given more rights than women by God

Letters of St. Paul where he teaches that in Christ there is no male or female and therefore we have equal rights

The teachings of the CCC that only men can be priest because the apostles were men

St. Paul taught that women should not teach or speak in church.

Women appeared to Jesus at the resurrection, Jesus treated women as equal. He treated a Samaritan women and had women disciples.

The priest is representing Jesus therefore the priest has to be male

Tradition of the Church from the beginning that only men should have leadership rights in the Church

Some evidence that there were women priests in the early Church.

There are three different views about the role of Women within the Church. Here are the reasons why each different denomination believe what they do.

Different Christian attitudes to equal rights for women in religion