Sword, Rod, and Master-God: A Framework Uncovering Kyriarchal Political Theory

• In Event: Religious Thought as Power and Resistance

Brief Overview

I trace the origins of the "Umbrella of Authority" doctrine commanding submission under male/kyriarchal household to Greco-Roman imperial history and, in doing so, uncover its links to gendered and sexual violence.

Author

• Rebekah Pei Ern Mui, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University