Is there a tie between some Christian Theology and abuse? I have started to theorize that this may be the case. That when the church teaches a doctrine that tells women to submit (at times to abuse,) that women’s bodies are dangerous, and tells them that they are not qualified to teach or lead—that this may lead to dangerous power differentials.
Today on the podcast Kristen Dumez, professor of history and gender studies at Calvin University, answers my question. Check out this episode on itunes!
Check out Kristen’s work here!
Or preorder her new book Jesus and John Wayne!
Here are some more links from Kristen:
A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism https://www.amazon.com/New-Gospel-Women-Katharine-Challenge/dp/0190205644
Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation https://www.amazon.com/Jesus-John-Wayne-Evangelicals-Corrupted/dp/1631495739/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=JBV8CGEG1TYMCE86PP63
Articles:
Katharine Bushnell—The Most Important Christian Feminist You’ve Probably Never Heard Of https://feminismandreligion.com/2015/06/15/katharine-bushnell-the-most-important-christian-feminist-youve-probably-never-heard-of-by-kristin-kobes-du-mez/
Women Saw #MeToo Coming 100 Years Ago. When Will We Listen? https://www.cbeinternational.org/blogs/women-saw-metoo-coming-100-years-ago-when-will-we-listen
Rebuilding a Tradition of Female Biblical Interpretation: https://www.cbeinternational.org/blogs/rebuilding-tradition-female-biblical-interpretation
The Problem of Timeless Sexual Morality: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2019/09/the-problem-of-timeless-sexual-morality/
Evangelicals, Let’s Talk About Violence Against Women https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2018/10/evangelicals-lets-talk-about-violence-against-women/
Hobby Lobby Evangelicalism https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2018/09/hobby-lobby-evangelicalism/
Forgiveness or Hypocrisy? Evangelicals, Abuse, and the Witness of Rachael Denhollander https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2018/02/forgiveness-or-hypocrisy-evangelicals-abuse-and-the-witness-of-rachael-denhollander/
Defining Evangelicalism and the Problem of Whiteness https://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2018/03/defining-evangelicalism-and-the-problem-of-whiteness/