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[German Version] I. Cultural History – II. Philosophy of Religion – III. Fundamental Theology – IV. Dogmatics – V. Ethics – VI. Practical Theology – VII. Feminism, Art, and Religion – VIII. Religious Feminism in North America I. Cultural History 1. The term Feminism is a theory, a praxis, and a worldwide movement whose goal is to achieve equal influence for women in all areas of the state, society, and culture, ¶ together with equal rights for women and men. The term was probably coined by the early socialist Charles Fourier (1772–1837), who was the first to note progress in the process of women's liberation as an indicator of general human emancipation. In the 19th century, the first women's movement used this term for commitment to an improved position for women in society, but it served at the same time to distinguish the radical bourgeois wing of the women's movement (feminists!) fro…