Women And Religion Research Paper

Johnson, Stephanie

How has my relationship to or perception of women and religion influenced the way that I approach life’s daily issues?

When I think about the women I have grown up around or the women that have influenced my life in any way, I assume that the way to define a woman or women in religion is to accumulate as many characteristics that makes the question effortless to answer. How do you define a woman or women in religion, that is, what do you think are important qualities of a woman/women in religion? Defining a woman alone seems to be difficult considering the fact that even a male child can be born with female organs or XX chromosomes. Therefore, I think it be sensible to agree that there is no official way to define
Whether it be mentally, physically, comically, socially and even emotionally. For example, money management effects me very much even though I try my hardest to handle it the best way possible. Growing up in my home as well as my church, there are two things that I was always told should be checked on a woman’s checklist. The first being managing her money, and the second being that ALL women should wear stockings in church. Money is one of my most needed commodities for survival. The church mothers (mission board) would hold these weekly meetings for the high school seniors during Bible study at my home church every Wednesday night. Here I learned that a woman should always appear well taken care of even if she does not possess the funds to do so. A woman’s nails, hair, and feet should be done, as well as her attire being ironed and clean. All these things can be done within a reasonable budget so that at the end of the week (or beginning) there is money to put toward weekly tithes. My parents are not rich, however, money is not a major issue to them. With parents like these, I never understood how I could learn to save money when it was always at my fingertips. Every time I needed money for anything, my parents would always be there to fill my empty hands. One thing my mother NEVER allowed me to neglect was my tithes. Every week when I was given allowance, I always paid 10% or more back to my church. Learning to be mindful of what needs to be done, rather than what I want to be done with my money has bought me to be a more angelic person. When my tithes are paid, my week goes better, I feel a lot healthier than before and I am even a bit happier with myself as I notice my progression into a young