IMAGO FEMINA: IMAGE OF WOMAN IN PAPA FRANCIS

Abstract

Pope Francis, who has been the spiritual leader of the Catholic world since 2013, has signed the practices that will be defined as the first unprecedented in terms of the history of the Roman Catholic Church. In addition to his conservative stance on canon laws, his reformist personality open to innovations constructing new discourses on many issues that the Roman Catholic Church considers taboo Pope Francis' attitude towards women, which is an important issue both theologically and socio-culturally, are among the issues that arouse curiosity and are waiting to be clarified. Drawing attention to the complementary role of women in both family and social life, Francis states that the Church cannot be considered as being without women. Considering that feminine genius is necessary in every field of life due to its openness and rich perspective, Pope also states that more work should be done in developing women's theology in the Church. This article, which deals with the image of women, the image of women in the speeches, studies and documents published by Pope Francis in terms of theo-anthropologically, on the basis of the family and the Church, as well as includes the portrait of religious women in the context of Mariology, and feminal problems in the context of ecclesiology.

Keywords

• Pope Francis
• woman
• family
• Roman Catholic Church
• Virgin Mary

IMAGO FEMINA: PAPA FRANCIS’TE KADIN İMGESİ

Abstract

2013 yılından beri Katolik dünyasının ruhani liderliği görevini yürüten Papa Francis, Roma Katolik Kilisesi tarihi açısından daha önce görülmemiş ilk olarak tanımlanacak uygulamalara imza atmıştır. Kilise yasalarına ilişkin muhafazakar duruşunun yanı sıra yeniliklere açık reformist kişiliğiyle Katolik Kilisesi’nin tabu olarak gördüğü birçok mesele üzerine yeni söylemler inşa eden Papa Francis’in hem teolojik hem de sosyo-kültürel açıdan önemli bir mesele olan kadın konusundaki tutumu da merak uyandıran ve açıklığa kavuşturulmayı bekleyen hususlar arasındadır. Kadının hem aile hem de toplumsal hayatta tamamlayıcılık rolüne dikkat çeken Francis, Kilise’nin de kadınlar olmadan düşünülemeyeceğini dile getirmektedir. Yeniliklere açık ve zengin bir bakış açısına sahip oluşu dolayısıyla kadınsı dehanın hayatın her alanında gerekli olduğunu düşünen Papa, Kilise’de kadın teolojisi geliştirme konusunda daha fazla çalışılması gerektiğini de dile getirmektedir. Papa Francis’in yayımladığı belgeler, konuşmaları ve çalışmalarındaki kadın imgesini teo-antropolojik açıdan, aile ve Kilise temelinde ele alan bu çalışma, buna ilave olarak eklesiyoloji bağlamında yaşanan feminal sorunlar ile Mariyoloji bağlamında ortaya konan dindar kadın portresine de yer vermektedir.

Keywords

• Papa Francis
• kadın
• aile
• Roma Katolik Kilisesi
• Meryem Ana

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