Christian Control of Women and Mother Earth: The Doctrine of Discovery and the Doctrine of Male Domination

“Christian Control of Women and Mother Earth: The Doctrine of Discovery and the Doctrine,” an Outcome archive entry by Sally Roesch Wagner. The entry belongs to the jcrt collection and connects readers to scholarship, public history, and organizing around the Doctrine of Discovery, Christian domination, Indigenous sovereignty, law, religion, land, memory, and accountability.

In brief, it addresses Wagner links church patriarchy and the Doctrine of Discovery to colonial violence, calling for Indigenous rematriation to restore women and the Earth.. For readers arriving from the main Doctrine of Discovery site, this post functions as a pointer rather than a replacement for the full Outcome record. The canonical page preserves the complete context, metadata, author information, citation links, media, and neighboring materials in the archive.

The source text highlights terms and contexts including This article explores the historical, religious, and legal foundations of Western domination over women, Indigenous peoples, and the Earth, tracing them to Christian creation myths, Papal authority, and colonial law. Genesis establishes a hierarchy: men are given authority over the Earth and all living beings, while women are subordinated as punishment for Eve’s quest for knowledge. These theological principles were enforced through papal bulls such as Summis desiderantes affectibus (1484) and Inter Caetera (1493), sanctioning the persecution of women as witches, the appropriation of Indigenous lands, and male control over reproduction, labor, and spirituality. The Doctrine of Discovery codified these hierarchies into law, granting colonial and. Read the canonical Outcome page for the complete entry.

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