Women in Christian Tradition

/ W Carleton tlP uNtvERsrrY FINAL EXAMINATION ril26. 2005 DURATIONT 3 HOURS No. of Students: 86 Department Name & Course Number: RELI 2003A Course Instructor(s) t. RnUtSCH AUTHORIZEO METORANOA NONE Students MUST count the number of pages in this examination question paper before beginning to write, and report any discrepancy to a proctor. This question paper has 4 pages. This examinalion question paper may be taken from the examination room./ In addition to this question paper, students require: an examination booklet yes( noE - a Scantron sheet YesO notg/ The exam has six sections. Please be careful to follow the directions in eachsection, and number your answers. The weightfor each question or sectionis indicated below. A. Identify BRIEFLY (in a phrase, or sentence or two) FIVE of the following. (2% each,l0oh total) Beguines Jane Lead Macrina Jeanne de Jussie Margery Kempe Julianof Norwich Mariolotry MariologY Hildegard of Bingen Thecla Page I of4 B, RELI 100-r .\pril 26. 200-s L PLEASE BE CAREFUL TO NTJMBER YOUR ANSWERS! AnswerONE of the following. Please numbervour answer. (20%) Why does Susan Brooks Thistlesthwaite sayof Genesis 2 that"fbminist interpretation mustalsorecognize thatthe history of control of women's bodies is at stake in this text andmustbecome part of its interpretation?" Discuss. Discuss Barbara J. NlacHaffie's principles of feminist biblical hermeneutics, and compare themto otherapproaches discussed in class. C. Answer ONE of thefollowing. Please number vour answer. (20%) 3. Mary Rose D'Angelosays, "Listening for the remains of 'lesser lives' in the ancient world requires an effort to undomanycenturies of silence, misrepresentation and ignorance. Attempting to hear the voices or even the echoes of womenin the origins of Christianity means listening for resonances of those who wereunheard in the past, and who have been further silenced not only by design but also by neglect.This enterprise is made moredifficult by the ways in which silences andsilencing function in our present."Discuss. 1. Rosemary Radford Ruether says of Galatians 3,27-28,that "the text appears as an interpretation of the transformation that takes placein baptism as the believer enters into a new community that identifies itself collectively as living a redeemed new life 'in Christ'." She thengoes on to ask"How was the meaning of this text reinterpreted asthe earlyChristian movement developed?" Discuss. 5. Why does Elisabeth Schiissler Fiorenza argtre that "the inspiration associated with the work of the Holy Spirit does not reside directlyin the specific collection of books, compiled gradually centuries agoanddeclared by male church authorities to be inspired.The Holy Spirit's inspiration resides primarily in communities of faithfulpersons who engage in individual and collective discernment of the Spirit's presence and absence. It is in this communal discemment thatthe inspiration of the Spirit is experienced."? Discuss the implications of this position. 2. Page 2 of4

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