Why "Jesus Feminist" Might Just Be The Best Book You'll Read This Year
My life in the Church has been defined by extremes. Until I was 18 years old, I attended fundamentalist Baptist churches , and was educated in fundamentalist Baptist schools. Then, until I was 24 years old, I fled the Church and essentially became an agnostic. When I finally returned, I joined a Presbyterian Church , and eventually went to a Presbyterian Seminary to become a Presbyterian minister. So when it came to certain doctrines--like the roles of women in the Church, for example--I went from one extreme to the other. I started off life in a culture that was so patriarchal it made Abraham look wimpy and have spent the last sixteen years in one that affirms the role of women in every aspect of Church leadership. I am telling you this because I know what it looks like when women are relegated to subservience in the Church as opposed to when they are not. I prefer "not" by a long shot. I am also telling you this because you ...