Gender and Religion: The Relationship between Patriarchy and Religion Essay by Top Papers

The following paper will look at the thesis presented in a chapter entitled, "Gender Ideology," and assert that, on balance, the chapter is comprehensive and gives a passable defence for the notion that women-dominated religions tend to be supportive of societal expectations about the differing roles of men and women. However, the thesis of the paper is not fool-proof and it could just as easily be argued (and is argued in this critique) that female-dominated religions (or religions in which women play a key role) are transgressive in some important ways.