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dc.contributor.advisorConradie, Ernst M.
dc.contributor.authorFestus, Heather
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-28T14:07:06Z
dc.date.available2014-09-28T14:07:06Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/3706
dc.descriptionMagister Theologiae - MThen_US
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this research project was to seek a reinterpretation of the Christian motif of 'bearing one's cross'. This motif has been widely criticized by feminist theologians as an instrument that exacerbates the oppression of women, since it encourages self-sacrifice and in this way legitimizes abusive relationships. The research project focuses on Mary Grey's contribution to feminist discourse on atonement as the work of Christ and, more specifically, the symbol of the cross. In general, the problem, which will be addressed in this research project, is how oppressed women should respond to the call in Christian piety "to bear one's own cross". More specifically, the research problem, which will be investigated in this project, may be formulated in the following way: How should Mary Grey's position on a feminist reinterpretation of the doctrine of atonement and the meaning of the cross of Jesus Christ be assessed within the South African Christian context? The study assesses Mary Grey's views within the context of her own work, a feminist reinterpretation of the doctrine of atonement and the meaning of the cross of Jesus Christ in order to establish whether it is internally coherenten_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectChristologyen_US
dc.subjectAtonementen_US
dc.subjectCrossen_US
dc.subjectSelf-sacrificeen_US
dc.subjectFeminismen_US
dc.subjectPatriarchyen_US
dc.subjectAbuseen_US
dc.subjectSufferingen_US
dc.subjectReconciliationen_US
dc.subjectRestorationen_US
dc.subjectForgivenessen_US
dc.subjectSinen_US
dc.subjectJusticeen_US
dc.subjectInterpretationen_US
dc.titleBearing one’s cross: a critical analysis of Mary Grey’s view on atonementen_US
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