This is a continuation of the discussion about Genesis 1-2. Below I’ve taken another angle on the story, focusing on the man. Along the way, I’ll interact with Richard Hess’s contribution to Discovering Biblical Equality. One of his summary statements, “unity in personhood and diversity in gender”, aligns with the […]
Denise George‘s ‘What Women Wish Pastors Knew‘ is a collection of responses to a survey sent to women in the US about how they feel about church. While books like ‘Why Men Hate Going to Church‘ have picked up on why there’s been a decrease in male attendance at church, […]
Nancy Beach was the first woman in a senior leadership role at Willow Creek Community Church and ‘Gifted to Lead’ is a book about ‘the art of leading as a woman in the church’. It’s not about whether women should lead (as Nancy says, plenty of other people have written […]
One of the things I think was missing from my ‘On Femininity‘ paper was a decent discussion of what being a ‘helper’ looks like. I made a passing comment about God as our helper and that this isn’t about being passive but then spent most of my time unpacking what […]
Here are some thoughts I wrote during Old Testament last semester, which have formed the basis for some of my thinking about gender.
This comes out of two conversations. One Christian has been going out with a non-Christian, and has been harshly criticised by his Christian friends for what they see as a completely wrong relationship. Another Christian has struggled with both her own singleness and the way singles can be overlooked […]
When it comes to thinking about gender roles, I wonder whether some Christians have sold out to a traditional Western view of sex, and when I say sex, I mean the one flesh kind of sex not the male / female kind of sex.
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