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Let’s Stop Talking about Masculinity and Start Talking about Discipleship
By: Graham Joseph Hill | January 8, 2020
The Christian masculinity movement isn’t helping men or women. It’s damaging young men, and their relationships with others, and it’s distracting us from what should be our true focus—discipleship and imitating Christ.
What to Say When Someone Uses Paul's Letters to Endorse Patriarchy
By: Chesna Hinkley | September 9, 2019
Colossians 3:7-17 is often misinterpreted and weaponized to keep women in submission and bolster sexist teachings in the modern church. Rather than viewing this text as a reframing of unjust social structures like patriarchy and slavery—as Paul intended—many interpret it as endorsing those oppressive systems.
Girls Are Bad at Math and Other Lies That Limit Women and Girls
By: Devon Leslie | September 5, 2019
My elementary school music teacher once asked us to count the beats in a measure of music. She ignored not only my hand, but also the hands of several other female students around me, saying, “Boys you’re supposed to be good at math. I’ll wait for one of you to answer.”
Theological Malpractice Stands Culpable in Sexual Abuse
By: Mitch Randall | August 4, 2019
Dr. R. Mitch Randall argues the church must accept responsibility for their part in creating the environment where sexual abuse thrived because the church's teaching of female subservience established male dominance in the culture. .
The Challenge of the Resurgence of Negative Aspects of African Cultural Practices Among Christians in Kenya
By: Emily Onyango | August 2, 2019
One of the greatest challenges in Kenya is the resurgence of negative aspects of African cultural practices that are oppressive to women, such as female genital mutilation and polygamy. These are resurging because the Christian world-view has not taken root and Christian identity is not well defined.
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.
The Abusive Religious Leaders of John 8: How a Misnamed Story Can Help Religious Institutions Deal with Sexual Assault
By: Amy Smith Carman | July 31, 2019
Rather than focusing on a woman and her sin, the focus in this story is on a group of sinful, male, religious leaders who use their privilege to try to kill a woman to solidify their power.
How I Left Fundamentalism, Found Freedom, and Became A Pastor
By: Kim Brewer | July 31, 2019
I’m free now. Free to read the Bible with fresh eyes. Free to reject attempts to abuse, suppress, and control me. Free to leave abusive people and churches.
What the Bible Actually Teaches on Women
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | July 31, 2019
Giles, a longtime egalitarian, establishes what the Bible actually teaches by critiquing biblical arguments for the permanent subordination of women; in other words, Giles critiques complementarian theology and methodology.
Smart Women and Fragile Men: How Patriarchy Shapes Identity and Romance
By: Tim Krueger | June 5, 2019
Do men want to date smart women? This was the question behind a 2015 study published by the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.1 What the study learned is that men like the idea of dating women who are smarter than them, but when they meet an actual woman who fits the profile, they suddenly become much [...]