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Will Boys Be Boys and Girls Be Girls?
By: David M. Csinos | October 20, 2017
As people and institutions demonstrate socially appropriate ways of being male or female, children become apprentices and learn what it means to be a boy or girl in their culture.
The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18–6:9
By: Gordon D. Fee† | October 20, 2017
Is there a divinely ordained hierarchy in the life of the church and home that is based on gender alone?
The Ancient Roots of Western Sexism
By: Sarah Lindsay | September 13, 2017
We should acknowledge that patriarchy and the oppression of women have played large roles in both culture and the church for centuries. In fact, far from being countercultural, many complementarian claims about men and women are echoed outside the church.
Is Egalitarian Theology Good For Women's Health?
By: Aliyah Jacobs | July 25, 2017
Although the issue of low self-esteem in women often headlines glossy magazines, we the church are responsible for addressing it. But women’s low self-esteem is directly related to the church’s theology of gender as well as how we read Scripture.
Ain't I A Woman?: The Imago Dei and/in Black Women
By: Nilwona Nowlin | July 23, 2017
Participants will learn more about what it is like to be made in the image of God as a black woman in a society and Christian context that refuses to acknowledge that the imago Dei resides in her.
Mediating Gender: The Cult of Inequality and Identity on Screen
By: Joy J. Moore | July 23, 2017
This session invites you to consider how media representations continue a long history of depictions that communicate a particular role for women in society and speaks for the church in contrast to the biblical witness.
Busting The Gender Box: The Abolition of Sex-Based Hierarchy and Men's Violence
By: Rebecca Kotz | July 20, 2017
How does gender breed violence, and what can we do to change this?
A Sexual Revolution Worth Fighting For
By: Rebecca Kotz | June 21, 2017
The Western sexual revolution brought renewed emphasis on consent, body affirmation/confidence, female pleasure, and women’s equal (and enthusiastic!) sexual participation in marriage. We should celebrate those gains. But it also brought a slew of toxic, oppressive ideas about female sexuality.
5 Things Egalitarians Believe about Gender Differences
By: Tim Krueger | June 5, 2017
Egalitarians believe the Bible promotes two senses of equality: equality of nature and equality of opportunity. Neither requires or even hints that women and men are or should be identical. Egalitarians don’t deny difference, we deny that difference is destiny.
Book Review: Does God Make the Man? Media, Religion, and the Crisis of Masculinity
By: Alice Guinther | April 30, 2017
Does God Make the Man? is a fascinating look at how evangelical and ecumenical men process the messages they hear about masculinity from religion and media. The authors organized focus groups and recorded hundreds of hours of conversations to see if religion is vital to developing masculine identity. They conclude that, although evangelical men may [...]