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Excerpt from "Toward a Positive Psychology of Religion: Belief Science in the Postmodern Era" (in press), by Robert Rocco Cottone. Scheduled for publication in the Fall of 2010, by John Hunt Publishing, Ltd., of Hampshire, UK, under the imprint of O-Books.
One should ask, "What are the values at the foundation of my religion?" If one cannot answer with the concept of social justice, fairness to women and children and people of every orientation or persuasion, then one must be willing to stand against oppression within one's religion or to affiliate with other religious people who will subscribe to a socially just position. That means, for instance, that women should be full partners in religious traditions and rituals--not standing behind some wall or barrier watching or submitting to men who have taken the leadership role and continue to make oppressive doctrine. If women are not involved at the highest level of religious decision making, it is likely due to oppression of women by the religion. Women should not be second class citizens in religion.
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