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2021 Conference Virtual Preview Panel, Part 1
By: CBE International, Andrew Bartlett, Lucy Peppiatt, Stephen R. Holmes | August 14, 2020
Keynote speakers Andrew Bartlett, Steve Holmes, and Lucy Peppiatt consider the spiritual and social consequences of theological patriarchy.
The Consequences of Soft Complementarianism
By: Mikaela Bell | June 24, 2020
When people share their stories of harmful church teachings about gender roles, we’re accustomed to real horror stories of abuse. We also know that the problem is far more widespread, and it’s not always so overt.
Man as the Image and Glory of God, and Woman as the Glory of Man: Perspicuity or Ambiguity?
By: Lucy Peppiatt | July 31, 2019
1 Cor 11:2–16 touches on questions of creation and the nature of God and has been influential not only in the role of men and women in worship, but more fundamentally in the relations of man and woman to one another and to God.
Men and Women in Christ: Fresh Light from the Biblical Texts
By: Andrew Bartlett | May 14, 2019
The debate concerning gender roles in the church and in marriage continues to divide Christians. Can the gap be bridged between complementarians and egalitarians?
Christian Women’s Beliefs on Female Subordination and Male Authority
By: Susan Harris Howell, Kristyn Duncan | October 31, 2018
Why would a woman espouse an ideology that consigns her to a less-than status? Howell and Duncan surveyed 72 women to explore the rationale behind women’s beliefs in the subordination of women to the authority of men.
Book Review: Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire
By: Jamin Hübner | October 30, 2018
Jessica Johnson, an anthropologist with no religious affiliation, finds the ethos and orientation at Mars Hill as incarnating “biblical porn” (hence the title of her book).
Complementarian Theology in Crisis
By: Kevin Giles | October 25, 2018
A critical analysis of complementarian interpretations of Scripture and the Trinity, as well as its impact and connection to the #MeToo movement.
Philemon in Light of Galatians 3:28
By: Nikki Holland | July 31, 2018
"Although the people living in the Greco-Roman world might not have been able to imagine a world in which slavery does not exist, Paul’s churches leave the hierarchy of slavery behind as part of the world that is passing away, along with ethnic division and gender hierarchy. Paul removes the power differential from Philemon [...]
The “Weaker Sex” or a Weak Translation? Strengthening our Interpretation of 1 Peter 3:7
By: John Nugent | July 31, 2018
John C. Nugent argues that "Peter was not, in fact, affirming that women are weaker. Rather, he was asking men to lay aside their cultural advantage and to win over their unbelieving wives in the same Christlike manner that slaves, women, and the wider community were called to non-coercively welcome Gentiles into the chorus of [...]
If Anyone Can Abuse, Why Are We Still Talking Gender Roles? It's About Power
By: Tim Krueger | June 5, 2018
If abuse is a power problem, then what does the debate about gender roles have to do with it? Put simply, our views on gender and authority grow out of and reinforce our philosophies on power.