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SUMMARY:Working Group Meeting: DiF-Group „Gender“
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DESCRIPTION:Throughout history\, gendered religious metaphors have contrib
 uted significantly to shaping human conceptions of transcendence\, religio
 n\, religious life\, and salvation\, as well as conceptions of divine–hu
 man and transcendent–immanent relationships\, and have thereby influence
 d the organization of human societies and their ideologies. Thus\, the met
 aphorical conceptualizations of God as a masculine figure (GOD IS FATHER\,
  GOD IS KING) in all three monotheistic religions supported and reinforced
  the closely related idea of GOD AS A SUPREME JUDGE and figure of authorit
 y\, a RULER who rewards\, punishes\, and controls human beings and\, at th
 e same time\, provided theological justification for social practices acco
 rding to which only males could become priests\, religious teachers\, and 
 community leaders in Jewish\, Christian\, and Moslem communities. Similarl
 y\, the metaphorically grounded association of emotion with passivity and 
 suffering in ancient Greek thought (cf. the term πάθη ‘passions’)\
 , combined with the culturally gendered association of passivity with fema
 le roles\, contributed to the notion that women are more emotional and les
 s rational than men—a notion that had a considerable impact on both Euro
 pean intellectual traditions and societal practices. Drawing on methodolog
 ical approaches informed by gender theory and queer hermeneutics\, the wor
 king group “Gender” within the CRC 1475 “Metaphors of Religion” wi
 ll explore the multifaceted and ambivalent role of gendered metaphors and 
 related conceptual frameworks in processes of religious meaning-making. In
  particular\, it may focus on:the role of gendered conceptual patterns in 
 framing the relation between divine and human actors in religious texts an
 d discourses\, visual or multimedia representations\; gendered concepts an
 d representations of the divine and their cultural implications\, societal
  contexts\, historical transformations\, and “queerability”\;the role 
 of gender as grammatical category in the emergence and use of gendered met
 aphors\;the impact of gender stereotypes on the translation and interpreta
 tion of gender-related metaphors in sacred texts within a religious tradit
 ion\;  the use of gendered metaphorical language in specific communicative
  and performative situations\, its conditionality and contingency\;  the g
 endered attributes of speakers\, protagonists\, ritual participants\, and 
 figures of authority\;the fluidity of gender categories and identities in 
 various contexts\, and other topics.If you have questions or ideas\, pleas
 e contact Carmen Judy Stamm and Nikita Artemov (subproject C08). 
LOCATION:GB 5/145 „Lalibela“
URL:https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/veranstaltung/working-group-meet
 ing-dif-group-gender-10-2026/
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