{"id":7221,"date":"2019-03-22T09:50:40","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T13:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=7221"},"modified":"2019-03-22T16:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T20:19:58","slug":"isnt-religion-b-s-since-its-all-written-by-men-aka-people-and-mostly-a-means-of-social-control-story-telling-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/03\/22\/isnt-religion-b-s-since-its-all-written-by-men-aka-people-and-mostly-a-means-of-social-control-story-telling-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Isn&#8217;t religion B.S. since it&#8217;s all written by men (aka people) and mostly a means of social control + story telling?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"303\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AW032119-2.jpg\" alt=\"Isn't religion B.S. since it's all written by men (aka people) and mostly a means of social control + story telling?\" class=\"wp-image-7199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AW032119-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AW032119-2-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/AW032119-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>Isn&#8217;t religion B.S. since it&#8217;s all written by men (aka people) and mostly a means of social control + story telling?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the number, longevity, and ubiquity of religions, I doubt any generalization about all of them could be true or meaningful. However, it&#8217;s quite likely power has played a role in some parts of at least some religions, and some aspects of power are gendered. If you&#8217;re interested in that subject, I recommend James Laine&#8217;s <em>Meta-religion: Religion and Power in World History<\/em> (E-book link: <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/BC-meta-religion\">bit.ly\/BC-meta-religion<\/a>) as a starting point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the number, longevity, and ubiquity of religions, I doubt any generalization about all of them could be true or meaningful. However, it&#8217;s quite likely power has played a role in some parts of at least some religions, and some aspects of power are gendered. If you&#8217;re interested in that subject, I recommend James Laine&#8217;s &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/03\/22\/isnt-religion-b-s-since-its-all-written-by-men-aka-people-and-mostly-a-means-of-social-control-story-telling-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Isn&#8217;t religion B.S. since it&#8217;s all written by men (aka people) and mostly a means of social control + story telling?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7221"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7258,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7221\/revisions\/7258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}