Power and Authority in the Religious Traditions: A Protestant Perspective.

CHRISTIANITY; RELIGIOUS awakening; CAPITALISM; AUTHORITY in religion; BUSSEN, Mount (Germany); RELIGION; HOMOSEXUALITY; PROTESTANT churches

The author reflects on the power and authority structures in the church not influenced by ideology of a dictator political system on the Holy Mountain, Germany. She explains the decision making bottom up approach in the protestant church and possibility for the blessing for homosexual couples when it is accepted on inter-religious level. She emphasizes on the perspective of dividing power among men and women in the church while talking about the power and authority in religious tradition.