Exam 12: Religion and Spirituality

Reading "Feminists in the Temple of Orthodoxy" Yitzhak Reiter -The Sharanksy plan, which is a proposal intended to provide a solution to the issues of women's prayer at the Western Wall, includes which of the following aspects (Yitzhak Reiter/"Feminists in the Temple of Orthodoxy")?

Reading "Transgressing the Father Figure" Allyson S. Dean and Whitney J. Archer -In their article "Transgressing the Father Figure," Allyson S. Dean and Whitney J. Archer maintain that there is a clear line between queerness and pedophilia, but that the Catholic Church does not distinguish between the two.

Reading "I'm a Mormon Feminist" Jessica Finnigan and Nancy Ross -Mormon feminists who remain active in the church are examples of which concept from chapter 12?

Who organized anti-lynching activism in the early 1920s?

Reading "Transgressing the Father Figure" Allyson S. Dean and Whitney J. Archer -In their article "Transgressing the Father Figure," Allyson S. Dean and Whitney J. Archer argue that their drag performance interrupted the scripts for Catholicism for which of the following reasons?

Reading "Introduction to The Woman's Bible" Elizabeth Cady Stanton -Stanton questions whether or not the Bible is the "veritable 'Word of God'" in her introduction to The Woman's Bible.

Reading "Buddhist Nuns in Nepal" Kathryn Lafever -In her article "Buddhist Nuns in Nepal," Kathryn Lafever argues that the nuns are empowered by which of the following?

Reading "Transgressing the Father Figure" Allyson S. Dean and Whitney J. Archer -In their article "Transgressing the Father Figure," Allyson S. Dean and Whitney J. Archer argue that drag can never be a site for investigating and creating theology because the practice of drag is inherently sinful.

Exploring new metaphors for deity can be fruitful because

Reading "Feminists in the Temple of Orthodoxy" Yitzhak Reiter -Scholars argue that allowing women to pray at the Western Wall could cause a ripple effect that would include positive changes for women in Israeli society (Yitzhak Reiter/"Feminists in the Temple of Orthodoxy").

Reading "God Says Yes to Me" Kaylin Haught -In her poem "God Says Yes to Me," Kaylin Haught imagines her God as a kind, elderly man.

The Catholic Church only recently ordained women within the last 5 years.

Reading "Feminists in the Temple of Orthodoxy" Yitzhak Reiter -According to Yitzhak Reiter in "Feminists in the Temple of Orthodoxy," women in the group Women of the Wall (WoW) are challenging the right of Jewish women to pray at the Western Wall.

What protestant denomination has been embroiled in a public controversy between fundamentalist and moderate leaders over religious and secular issues affecting women?

Reading "Fundamentalism and the Control of Women" Karen McCarthy Brown -Whose sati attracted much attention (Karen McCarthy Brown/"Fundamentalism and the Control of Women")?

Reading "I'm a Mormon Feminist" Jessica Finnigan and Nancy Ross -In "I'm a Mormon Feminist," Jessica Finnigan and Nancy Ross argue that the Internet has played a key role in the development of Mormon feminist activism.

Reading "Introduction to The Woman's Bible" Elizabeth Cady Stanton -In the introduction to The Woman's Bible, Stanton argues that the Bible has been used to forbid women from doing which of the following?

Women are excluded from most sacred rituals in protestant religions.

Reading "The Prophet's Daughters: An Interview with Syafa Almirzanah" -Syafa Almirzanah's analysis of the ways Muslims interpret the Qur'an's verse on polygamy is an example of which concept from chapter 11 ("The Prophet's Daughters: An Interview with Syafa Almirzanah")?

Reading "Buddhist Nuns in Nepal" Kathryn Lafever -In her article "Buddhist Nuns in Nepal," Kathryn Lafever uses the term "situated empowerment" to describe the nuns' efforts to negotiate the particular constraints placed upon them. An example of the nuns' situated empowerment is