DAMN OR INDULGENCE TO THE EVE'S DAUGHTERS? Edith Stein’s perspective about the female nature

Abstract

Fullness. The term that is often used to designate the primordial characteristic of the creation of the first man, from the myth of Christian cosmogony, can’t be equally attributed to his assistant, the woman. In fact, Christian theology - represented fundamentally by the patristic - strove to keep her always in a second place, submissive and silenced, throughout the history of the West. However, from the movements in favor of women’s rights, the social structure derived from the myth of Adam and Eve was revised and reinterpreted in the desire's light for equity. It is against this backdrop that Edith Stein (1891-1942), one of the first PhDs in Philosophy in Germany, rewrites Eva’s interpretation, founding a new line of argument about the female nature. The carmelite surpasses the theology of the first priests by undoing the immanence of nature, inserting the variable of time into the definition of the nature of genres. Paying attention on Stein’s work can reveal new theological ways to update the discussion on contemporary issues. Would it be enough, however, to restart the history of women in theology?