Abstract:
The present work constitutes research about the silencing of women in the official theological production of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Brazil (IELB). This research investigated how theological practices produced symbolic discourses of women, as subjects disqualified for the official theological production of the institution. This situation has its roots in the understanding of the doctrine of the order of creation, which produced knowledge that resulted in hierarchical relations of power. In a place marked by a masculine symbolic order, the analytical category of gender was the fundamental instrument, permeating all the research making it possible to perceive unjust gender relations, the representations produced about women, as well as the existence of a “no place” for women. Still within the categories of analysis, feminist biblical hermeneutics was a fundamental tool in proposing a “new look” for the emancipation and inclusion of women in the theological production process. The experience of women was evidenced as an instrument for reframing the established symbolic systems, as well as the possibility of affirming women as qualified subjects for producing theological knowledge.
