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“The problem is not that Jesus was male but that more men are not like Jesus.”

Book:She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse

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She Who Is: The Mystery of God in Feminist Theological Discourse

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Elizabeth A. Johnson

Elizabeth A. Johnson, born in 1941, is an accomplished theologian whose research focuses on feminist theology, eco-theology, and liberation theology. Her work has had a significant impact in the field of theology, inspiring profound reflections on gender equality and environmental protection through her writings and lectures. more

“The heterosexual foundation of Liberation Theology can claim for toleration of the abnormal in its communities, but it us heterosexuality as a compulsory system in itself which is abnormal, not Queer, indecent people. Indecent people challenge precisely the unnaturality and abnormalities of the present sexual ideology, in all the consequences of this sexual and political theology.”

Religion Queer Theory Liberation Theology Feminist Theology Queer Theology

Book:Indecent Theology: Theological Perversions in Sex, Gender and Politics

Source: Indecent Theology: Theological Perversions in Sex, Gender and Politics

“From the 1930s through the 1960s, black people across the country were largely cut out of the legitimate home-mortgage market through means both legal and extralegal. Chicago whites employed every measure, from 'restrictive covenants' to bombings, to keep their neighborhoods segregated.”

Chicago White Supremacy Segregation Black History Mortgage Home Ownership Chicago History Illinois History

Author:Ta-Nehisi Coates

“The Federal Government government's policy of racial exclusion had roots earlier in the twentieth century. The Wilson administration took the initial steps. Terrified by the 917 Russian revolution, government officials came to believe that communism could be defeated in the United states by getting as many white Americans as possible to become homeowners-the idea being that those who owned property would be invested in the capitalist system. So in 1917 the federal Department of Labor promoted an 'Own-Your-Own-Home' campaign, handing out 'We Own Our Own Home' buttons to schoolchildren and distributing pamphlets saying that it was a 'patriotic duty' to cease renting and to build a single-family unit. the department printed more than two million posters to be hung in factories and other businesses and published newspaper advertisements throughout the country promoting single-family ownership-each one had an image of a white couple or family.”

Capitalism Communism Segregation Racial Injustice Home Ownership

Book:The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

Source: The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

“In Cold War America, homeownership was seen as a means of instilling patriotism, and as a civilizing and anti-radical force. "No man who owns his own house and lot can be a Communist," claimed William Levitt, who pioneered the modern suburb with the development of his Levittowns, his famous planned communities. "He has too much to do.”