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Women in the church essay outline (1) defining the concept of separate but…
Women in the church essay outline
1) defining the concept of separate but equal
Possible Problem of patriarchy
Male headship as male agency
"In spite of the greater number of women in churches, it has been male ecclesiastics who have recorded the histories, written the rules, and exercised control."( A woman's history of the church p. 364 Muir)
note "women" vs "male" interesting rethorical choice to comment on
African American realities during Jim Crow
The broad Christian idea of gender roles among believers
Gender differences (God created male and female) yet equality in Christ
Gender, social change and spiritual power explains these. It also provides more complex views of gender in the introduction
"men and women may be 'one in Christ ' on a spiritual level, but within the social order the sexes are perceived to be imbued with certain biological and psychological differences, which distinguish one sex from the other and govern the social relationships between them" (p. 111)
The role of women in the church
Goes on to talk about how for jews circumcision was only for males but for christians baptism is for all. (p.71)
Paul's meaning is clear, for he is speaking of the unity of all Christians in the body of the risen Lord, and in such a unity there can be no difference even in the status of male and female. The meaning is: the spiritual privileges in the body of Christ come equally to men and women (Ryire, 1970 page 70)
2) Church governance
The consistancy of acknowledgement as spiritual equals
The role of women in the church
The ideology of headship
The power of rhetoric
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Analysis of 1 Corinthians 11
Role of women in the church
Disagree with interpretation in appendix B of Daughters of the church
The role of women in the church
at Paul's time (Women's history of the church and daughters of the church)
at our time (Faith lives of women and girls)
3) Marriage
Zambia Male headship (in folder)
Ghana male headship (Gender social change and spiritual power)
Christianity's value for women surpasses culture
both below and daughters of the church
4) Conclusions on the experience of women in church traditions with distinct gender roles
Women's role in the early church