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Biblical Equality

Seeking after a more accurate representation of women and their roles in scripture
The Issues - Forum - Reference - Links - Personal statement

DISCLAIMER: I created this website in the spring of 2001 as an activism project for my Images of Women class at Vanderbilt. The opinions expressed here are my own and are not affiliated with any organization. See my personal statement for more about my own beliefs and world view.

The search bar above actually searches all of Zepfanman.com (the parent site to Biblical Equality), but it should give you relevant results nonetheless. This page is accessible by using http://Go.to/BiblicalEquality or http://Zepfanman.com/Equality - I also refer to it as the Feminism subsection of the Beliefs area of my website (see the You Are Here: help near the top of any page). Biblical Equality currently consists of a list of controversial passages and gender equality issues and of religious feminist books, links to articles, links to informative websites and a discussion forum. Let me know what I'm leaving out (read my personal statement first, then feel free to post a message on the forum or e-mail me)!

FEMINISM IS THE RADICAL IDEA THAT WOMEN ARE PEOPLE

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The Issues

  - Genesis 1:26-27, Humans created in God's own image.
  - Genesis 3:16, The Fall.  Husband ruling over the woman.
  - Proverbs 31, A Woman of Noble Character
  - Song of Songs connotations
  - Jeremiah 31:22, "A woman encompasses a man"
  - Luke 22:26, Leaders are to be servants
  - Romans 16:1, Phoebe the deaconess
  - I Corinthians 7:4, Authority of husband and wife
  - I Corinthians 11:3-16, Head covering
  - I Corinthians 14:26-40, Women "not allowed to speak"
  - Galatians 3:28, "... neither... male nor female"
  - Ephesians 5, Submit to husbands
  - I Timothy 2, Learn in quietness and submission
  - I Timothy 5, Advice about widows
  - I Timothy 6:20, "Falsely called knowledge"
  - I Peter 3:1-7, Purity and reverence

Reference

See more books and articles like the following in the Biblical Equality Reference section.

- Goldstein, Else (Ed.). The Women's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Women Rabbis on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions.
- Kvam, Schearing, & Ziegler (Eds.). Eve & Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim Readings on Genesis and Gender. 1999.
- Kroeger, Catherine C. & Evans, Mary J. (Eds.). The IVP Women's Bible Commentary.
- Newsom, Carol A., etc. (Eds.). The Women's Bible Commentary.
- Spencer, Aida Besancon. Beyond the Curse: Women Called to Ministry.

  - Karakishev, Galina. Ephesians 5 and Husband's Authority. 2000, G.K.
  - RockOfVictory. "Man" and "Him" Translations: A Word Study of Biblical Gender Terms. 2002, Zepfanman.com.
  - Tracy, Steven. Headship With a Heart. 2003 Feb. 10, C.T.

Links

See also Zepfanman's Beliefs Links

CBEinternational.org (Christians for Biblical Equality) - organization.  One can join and get involved.  A couple-dozen good articles, too.

Egalitarian Christian Alliance - a popular site with several forums and eleven articles by four authors
MutualSubmission.com - sister site to ECA.   Not much else - a few links and a webring.

Women in Ancient Christianity (PBS.org) - Harvard's Karen King explores Mary Magdeline and other women in the Bible

GodsWordToWomen.org - scripture study, word study, letters, vignettes, newsletter, etc.  Over a dozen articles, as well.   Available in multiple languages.  Based on the book by Dr. Katherine Bushnell, published in 1923, a missionary doctor who taught herself Greek and Hebrew in order to examine what Paul really taught about women.

Back to the Garden - ten articles, some poetry, and number of  important links about abuse

Yahoo! Groups: Christian Feminists - frequent discussion, good links Sunshine for Women (Religion book summaries) - list of books and good critiques

Biblical Gender Equality - nine articles

Radical Churches - has a section on women and their role.

If I Were A Woman - interesting perspective, T. L. Osborn

Vanderbilt's Margaret Cuninggim Women's Center
Vanderbilt's Office of the University Chaplain
I will be linked from both of these websites in order to cultivate knowledge on my campus
Women's Studies at Vanderbilt University - College of Arts & Science department
Vanderbilt University Divinity School: The Carpenter Program in Religion, Gender, and Sexuality - designed in 1995 to foster conversation about religion, gender, and sexuality.  Provides education and encourages communication within and across religious affiliations, ideological bases, and cultural contexts.  They have all sorts of programs!

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