"Biblia dla kobiet". Spór o duchowość kobiety

Abstract

For a long time in the Polish Church, a growing popularity of spirituality related to gender has been observed. New ministrative, retreatal or even editorial suggestions emerge that are intended only for either women or men. Nevertheless, when taking into consideration women’s spirituality, it must be noted that there is currently no single, binding model. In public debates, there have been disputes concerning the role and proper place for women in the Church and in the world. The aforementioned polemics also regard the paradigm of woman’s spirituality. An example of this is the discussion centred on the Polish version of "The Bible for Women", published in 2020. Ongoing disputes revealed the diverse attitudes of women themselves towards the matter of understanding femininity as such, as well as women’s spirituality. The aim of this research is to portray the feud over the spirituality of the modern woman based on the dispute over "The Bible for Women". This problem is discussed against the background of the phenomenon of editions of Holy Scripture intended for women to depict the differences in defining the women’s spirituality through two separate models. Thereafter, the Polish version of "The Bible for Women" is analysed with regard to additional content that was included in this publication. The essential part of this research is devoted to outlining and analysing the dispute over the abovementioned publication. At the same time, the author aims to portray the way women’s spirituality is currently defined, along with showing the way in which it is understood and appraised.

Keywords

• woman’s spirituality
• the Bible for women
• femininity
• gender