MALE DIVINE ARTICLE

Male Divine Article

Male Divine Article

The article chosen for this paper is titled, “The Male Divine”, in writing by Crow Nighthawk. In this item, the scribe has emphasised the difficulties of finding the Divine reality and has distributed his knowledge of employed life that eludes him of conceiving or recognising about his soul and his Creator. According to the scribe, Images of deities and communal structure proceed together and strengthen cultural values. Therefore, images and myths have important communal purposes. Sacred imagery functions as socially assembled and instructive illustrations of anticipated gender roles and behaviors (Christ, 2008).

In an androcentric heritage, conceptions of deities will contemplate men's power, knowhow, and place in society. For example, in patriarchal monotheistic beliefs, customs that are part of a Maledominated society and conceive of deity as a singular Male God, the Divine is often imaged as monarch and ruler. This likeness of God as a Male monarch legitimates Male power and the powerlessness of women and assists maintain a hierarchal society founded on domination and subjection (Daly, 2007).

images of deities as Male Divine increase men both spiritually and socially and support the subordinate place of women in both place of adoration and society. Imaging deity as a Male monarch god is important for sustaining a Maleruled society. Men are advantaged and women as well as femininity devalued. In both monotheistic and polytheistic beliefs, gender inequality is echoed in the relationship between Male and feMale deities or in the nonattendance of a feMale deity entirely (www.booksie.com).

According to Nighthawk, (www.booksie.com), imaging deity as a Male monarch is important for sustaining a Maleruled society. Men and masculinity are privileged and women and femininity devalued. In both monotheistic and polytheistic beliefs, gender inequality is echoed in the relationship between Male and feMale deities or in the nonattendance of a ...