Sharers in the Divine Image: Francisco Suárez and the Justification of Female Political Authority
Unlike the perceived stance of many of his scholastic predecessors and contemporaries, Suárez denies the claim that women are mentally inferior to women, and therefore argues that they enjoy full political authority. In this paper, I explore how scholastic theological resources and canon law sources...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2018]
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| Dans: |
Political theology
Année: 2018, Volume: 19, Numéro: 4, Pages: 331-348 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Suárez, Francisco 1548-1617
/ Scolastique
/ Femme
/ Politique
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| RelBib Classification: | CH Christianisme et société KAE Moyen Âge central KAG Réforme; humanisme; Renaissance NBE Anthropologie |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Women
B Canon Law B Queens B Suárez B scholastic political theory B Authority |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | Unlike the perceived stance of many of his scholastic predecessors and contemporaries, Suárez denies the claim that women are mentally inferior to women, and therefore argues that they enjoy full political authority. In this paper, I explore how scholastic theological resources and canon law sources, as well as his own conception of communal political power, enabled Suarez to make this argument. I also consider how his theologically-grounded support of full political power for women proves an exception to some current critical views of scholastic approaches to women's political power. |
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| Description: | Das gedruckte Heft ist als Doppelheft erschienen: "Volume 19 Numbers 3-4 May-June 2018" |
| ISSN: | 1743-1719 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Political theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/1462317X.2018.1450469 |