One of the main tenets of complementarianism is the "evil woman" doctrine which holds that females are inherently antagonistic toward males—most particularly wives against husbands.
This theology, by default, arrays all men in defense of themselves against all women. In the eyes of the men and women who hold to complementarian doctrine, woman is the natural and most powerful enemy of man
The identity crisis afflicting women, though real, is nothing new. Writers have been addressing the problem at least as early as the 19th century. The Church has been largely lied to, or at least kept in the dark concerning the true history of women’s rights and the many godly men and women who have supported the movement over the centuries.
Additionally, Bible translations, Bible commentaries, and lexicons are littered with examples of gender bias.
“Woman this is WAR...,” takes a new look at old arguments traditionally used to keep men and women enslaved in illegitimate bondage based on sex, and just as the Bible did not condone the sin of slavery based on skin color, it also does not condone a slavery-like caste system based on gender. The scriptures do not teach a Divine order of Creation or a Divine Mandate, placing males in authority over females in either the church or the home.
This theology, by default, arrays all men in defense of themselves against all women. In the eyes of the men and women who hold to complementarian doctrine, woman is the natural and most powerful enemy of man
The identity crisis afflicting women, though real, is nothing new. Writers have been addressing the problem at least as early as the 19th century. The Church has been largely lied to, or at least kept in the dark concerning the true history of women’s rights and the many godly men and women who have supported the movement over the centuries.
Additionally, Bible translations, Bible commentaries, and lexicons are littered with examples of gender bias.
“Woman this is WAR...,” takes a new look at old arguments traditionally used to keep men and women enslaved in illegitimate bondage based on sex, and just as the Bible did not condone the sin of slavery based on skin color, it also does not condone a slavery-like caste system based on gender. The scriptures do not teach a Divine order of Creation or a Divine Mandate, placing males in authority over females in either the church or the home.
Jesus said we would know the truth and the truth would set us FREE.
Let us allow His Light and Truth to bring an end to the evangelical gender war while challenging Christian men and women to embrace and appreciate God-given gender distinctions without giving place to haughty spirits of superiority, degrading feelings of inferiority, hatred, prejudice, fear of one another’s differences, or the sinful need to either be in charge or to submit in an idolatrous manner.
Let us break the bonds of a cruel, unbiblical, caste system by applying the healing salve of repentance, forgiveness, love and truth to the deep wounds inflicted on both the men and women of God by the relentless “slaveholding spirit” present in evangelical thought and practice regarding women.
Woman this is WAR! Gender, Slavery, & the Evangelical Caste System, by Jocelyn Andersen, is scheduled for release in 2010.
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