Women Participating in the Reformations and in Congo Today: Some Aspects
Resumo
Women have always been a very significant part of the Christian church, participating in every community and every century. They have often been overlooked, however, because their roles have almost always been subordinate and usually less valued. What they do has also been much less documented so it is hard to see. This is a brief overview of women’s participation in the Reformations and in central Africa today. It begins with a short note on the late middle ages and Roman Catholic reforms; it is followed by a longer section on women in the Protestant and Anabaptist reformations; it concludes with some limited remarks on women in the Democratic Republic of Congo.As mulheres sempre foram uma parte muito significativa da igreja cristã, participando de todas as comunidades e em cada século, mas muitas vezes elas foram negligenciadas, pois seus papéis quase sempre foram subordinados e geralmente menos valorizados. O que elas fazem também foi muito menos documentado, sendo então difícil de percebê-lo. Este artigo apresenta uma visão geral da participação das mulheres nas Reformas do século XVI e na África Central de hoje. Ele começa com uma breve nota sobre o fim da Idade Média e as reformas católicas romanas e, em seguida, apresenta uma seção mais longa que fala sobre as mulheres nas reformas protestantes e anabaptistas, concluindo com algumas observações limitadas sobre as mulheres na República Democrática do Congo.Referências
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