Francis has his fingers all over the Political Board....even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. Daniel 7:20
"Pope Francis is kick-starting a novel initiative aimed at
"developing the proposal for a new feminism in this changing era and in times of crisis."
The program, which seeks to "reflect on an authentic feminism that promotes the participation of women in public life," will take the form of an online diploma in the Social Doctrine of the Church titled "Women in public life: feminism and Catholic identity in the 21st century."
But critics argue that the project misleadingly disguised as "new feminism" is actually a relaunching of "old feminism."
"The project looks interesting, but the first thing I would expect is to find a definition of 'new feminism' and how it departs radically from first-, second- and third-wave feminism," distinguished anti-feminist academic Prof. Janice Fiamengo told Church Militant.
A Catholic theologian, who asked to remain unidentified, said he would expect to see speakers who had qualifications to lead the "new feminism," but "the speakers seemed to be old feminists and what they are talking about is re-energizing of "old feminism."
Fiamengo, a professor of English at the University of Ottawa, Canada, told Church Militant she categorized feminism as "an alternative religion, with its own doctrines of creation, sin and salvation."
"As religions do, feminism offers an origin story in the form of a
feminist version of the Garden of Eden. Here, women held power and exercised it benevolently for the good of all. At some point in all feminist origin stories, humankind fell from grace because of male sin, i.e., the patriarchy," the acclaimed critic of feminism explained.
"The religion of feminism then moves along its narrative arc from the archetypal myths of creation and fall towards the possibility of salvation and redemption from the patriarchy through the liberation and domination of women," noted the presenter of the Fiamengo Files on YouTube. "It also offers at least partial redemption for men through strenuous disavowal of and restitution for their masculine sinfulness."
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"Pope Francis is kick-starting a novel initiative aimed at
The program, which seeks to "reflect on an authentic feminism that promotes the participation of women in public life," will take the form of an online diploma in the Social Doctrine of the Church titled "Women in public life: feminism and Catholic identity in the 21st century."
But critics argue that the project misleadingly disguised as "new feminism" is actually a relaunching of "old feminism."
"The project looks interesting, but the first thing I would expect is to find a definition of 'new feminism' and how it departs radically from first-, second- and third-wave feminism," distinguished anti-feminist academic Prof. Janice Fiamengo told Church Militant.
A Catholic theologian, who asked to remain unidentified, said he would expect to see speakers who had qualifications to lead the "new feminism," but "the speakers seemed to be old feminists and what they are talking about is re-energizing of "old feminism."
Fiamengo, a professor of English at the University of Ottawa, Canada, told Church Militant she categorized feminism as "an alternative religion, with its own doctrines of creation, sin and salvation."
"As religions do, feminism offers an origin story in the form of a
"The religion of feminism then moves along its narrative arc from the archetypal myths of creation and fall towards the possibility of salvation and redemption from the patriarchy through the liberation and domination of women," noted the presenter of the Fiamengo Files on YouTube. "It also offers at least partial redemption for men through strenuous disavowal of and restitution for their masculine sinfulness."
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