Zeus Syndrome: A Very Short History of Religion-Based Masculine Domination (Rape Culture, Religion and the Bible)

Zeus Syndrome: A Very Short History of Religion-Based Masculine Domination is a critical assessment of the biblical concepts of gender hierarchy and the intersection of sex/gender, power, and religion. Starting with #MeToo and the abuse of religious power in the Catholic Church, it also presents a concise selection of historical case studies.In doing so, the book demonstrates how a specific construction of the relationship between sex/gender, power and religion not only excludes women and every person conceived as feminine or effeminate from power but also produces - almost automatically - a rape culture, which uses and excuses violent sexuality as an appropriate manifestation of masculine power.Biblical studies is increasingly interdisciplinary and frequently focuses on contextualising the reading of biblical texts.This volume focuses on how:The Bible is intertwined with other religio-cultural traditions in the Mediterranean worldBiblical and extra-biblical ancient concepts of gender