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Religions with a female founder
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Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Shakers
Seventh Day Adventists
Christian Science (not to be confused with scientology)
All that I can think of atm.
Seventh Day Adventists
Christian Science (not to be confused with scientology)
All that I can think of atm.
Spiderman
Veteran Member
It seems most are branches of Christianity which (was founded by a guy)
This lady is interesting: Sayo Kitamura – Wikipedia
This lady is interesting: Sayo Kitamura – Wikipedia
SethZaddik
Active Member
There is the 7th day Adventists by E.G. White, Theosophy by H.P. Blavatsky, Christian Science by some lady whose name escapes me.
Marcellina was a leader of a movement, the only movement on record as having actually "styled themselves Gnostics" as opposed to it being applied to groups with names not "Gnostics."
She was not the founder but I believe her husband was, which is just as good since she did lead. This is in the Ante Nicene era.
SethZaddik
Active Member
Plenty of "New Age" religions have women founders but I do not know any as I have little to no interest in any religion started this millennium other than my previous fascination with Mormons and Scientologists that has gotten to the point I don't need (or want) to anything else as I have better things to study, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Apocrypha of both, Zoroastrianism and someday Hinduism.
Women have always played an important role in the founding of religions.
Sarah, Miriam, Rebecca, others.
Miriam the Virgin, Miriam Magdala, Martha and Salome, Thecla.
Khadija, Aisha, others.
God be pleased with them all.
Women have always played an important role in the founding of religions.
Sarah, Miriam, Rebecca, others.
Miriam the Virgin, Miriam Magdala, Martha and Salome, Thecla.
Khadija, Aisha, others.
God be pleased with them all.
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SethZaddik
Active Member
Thank you. I could not remember for the life of me.
The Kilted Heathen
Crow FreyjasmaðR
Dianic Wicca, I suppose.
Dianic Wicca - Wikipedia
Stregheria - Wikipedia
While most of the modern authors are men, Stregheria was predominately a woman-to-woman folk religion.
SethZaddik
Active Member
I just remembered the daughter of Anton Lavey, Zeena I believe, started a religous movement under the name Set/Seth, Egyptian murderer of Osiris. Osiris is Nimrod to the Hebrews which makes his killer (Shem in some accounts, Esau under orders from Shem in other's) the mythological equivalent of Set/Seth to the ancient Egyptians.
Fascinating.
Especially since Seth is the good son of Adam and took the place of Murdered (by Cain) Abel.
Making Seth a man of God instead of the enemy of Osiris and Horus, Isis, seems deliberate considering.
Fascinating.
Especially since Seth is the good son of Adam and took the place of Murdered (by Cain) Abel.
Making Seth a man of God instead of the enemy of Osiris and Horus, Isis, seems deliberate considering.
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
Realistically, no religion could possibly survive more than a generation without the combined efforts of both men and women. We cannot function without one another in this world that we share and the work of child-raising that requires us both. I see the tendency to name men as the "founders" of religion and women as mere "accessories" to be a product of cultural bias. It would have been difficult for a woman to found a faith without the help of a male in most times and places throughout history, but that doesn't make their contributions any less valuable. Now that society has become more egalitarian, we have seen and will continue to see more overt female religious leaders.
Some others that I don't see listed above:
Tenrikyo was founded by a woman, Nakayama Miki.
The Drum Dance was given to the Dakota and Ojibwe nations through a woman.
Orthodox Christianity can be seen as the product of a woman, as the faithfulness and unique sinlessness of Mary allowed for the birth of the Christ.
The Discalced Carmelites were established by the combined effort of a man and woman, Sta Teresa de Avila and S Juan de la Cruz.
Reclaiming Wicca was a group project of sorts, but largely the work of female thealogians, Starhawk msot critically.
Some others that I don't see listed above:
Tenrikyo was founded by a woman, Nakayama Miki.
The Drum Dance was given to the Dakota and Ojibwe nations through a woman.
Orthodox Christianity can be seen as the product of a woman, as the faithfulness and unique sinlessness of Mary allowed for the birth of the Christ.
The Discalced Carmelites were established by the combined effort of a man and woman, Sta Teresa de Avila and S Juan de la Cruz.
Reclaiming Wicca was a group project of sorts, but largely the work of female thealogians, Starhawk msot critically.
Why name Orthodox Christianity in particular here? Catholicism believes in the Immaculate Conception.
That's a Catholic religious order, not a religion unto itself.
Politesse
Amor Vincit Omnia
What religion is not a development from its predecessors? I'm not one to split hairs.
I'm not splitting hairs. A Catholic religious order is not a religion unto itself. The religion is Catholicism.
