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Can Girls Be Smart and Popular?
By: Susan Harris Howell | August 11, 2013
When teaching a college gender studies course, students are often surprised to learn of what researcher L. A. Bell calls the “smart versus social” dilemma, meaning that as early as elementary school, girls seem to feel that they have to choose between being smart and having relationships.
A Clarification for my Complementarian Friends
By: Rachel Sovilla | August 7, 2013
I met Brian six or more years ago when he was attending our local Christian seminary. From the beginning our conversations were important: Calvinism, gender roles, human trafficking and Harry Potter, with Brian generally on the more conservative side of the issues we discussed. When we met he was a 5-point Calvinist with stringent complementarian [...]
Whatever You Do (Part One)
By: John Newton | August 7, 2013
Paul breaks from the typical direction of his era by calling for mutual submission. He does not ask only that wives submit to their husbands, but he places a condition upon this submission and calls for mutual respect and love on behalf of the husband.
Double Standards in the Practice and Promotion of Submission
By: Margaret Mowczko | August 2, 2013
Time and again I hear Christian speakers and writers reminding women to be submissive (or be in subjection) to their husbands. Some churches and ministries emphasise and elaborate on wifely submission to such an extent that, for some, submission has become an all-pervasive principle that deeply influences a woman’s sense of self. It also [...]
Strategic Planning for Systemic Change in Church and Community
By: Charity Kroeker | August 1, 2013
How can you make effective, systemic change without getting burned out? What makes a CBE chapter influential and enduring? In this session, we’ll discuss the basics of strategic planning, including key aspects of leadership development and how to perform a SWOT analysis. We’ll also cover requirements for CBE chapters and helpful suggestions for [...]
Who is the Trinity? Why is it Important for Egalitarians to Know?
By: William David Spencer | August 1, 2013
Gender Inequality Meets Union with Christ
By: J. R. Daniel Kirk | August 1, 2013
How do we read and apply the Bible when we come to it with different assumptions than the ones that were current at the time it was written? Sometimes our assumptions need to be reworked, but sometimes our assumptions, such as the inherent equality, dignity, worth, and capability of men and women, are more in [...]
Ellipses of Christian Egalitarian Marriage through the Vehicle of the Arts
By: Olga Soler | August 1, 2013
Gendered Language Development: Differences and Consequences
By: Susan Harris Howell | August 1, 2013
This session explores differences in the way we communicate with male and female children and how these differences influence the way males and females learn to communicate with the opposite sex.