I am more than grateful for articles like this one. If it were not for thoughtful egalitarian theologians such as you, I might have struggled to remain a Christian.
So well argued and written!! Love this: I sit in the Traditionalist camp, I’m not gonna defend that or explain that now, suffice to say I have not changed my view of the body, sexuality, and marriage. But I have changed the way I approach the pastoral care of LGBTIQ people in churches and how I speak about sexuality in public contexts. This stuff is irreducibly complex and you can’t give tweet-length answers to questions about gender dysphoria, Klinefelter syndrome, hiring policies at Muslim schools, homophobic violence, vaginal agenesis, polyamory, transgender misogyny, public funding for Christian adoption agencies, and more. So let’s park that one for now.
Ok, ok there are a lot of “bad actors” out there in the so-called complementarian/egalitarian debate. (And you’ve taken most of them to task!) But what about Carter’s observation that every institution that has rejected orthodoxy began with an “egalitarian slide” - it’s a terrible term, problematic given the loaded nature of the debate right now - but something seems to be connected here. Toxic masculinity and women’s leggings aside - does he have a point making this observation and can we think about it? (Not throwing shade here, just a little pushback to your pushback).
Yes! Peer review would be wise.
Mike,
This article is excellent! Thank you for your insightful pushback and your careful clarity on this matter. I’m thankful for you!
Tim Knight
Thank you, Dr Bird.
I am more than grateful for articles like this one. If it were not for thoughtful egalitarian theologians such as you, I might have struggled to remain a Christian.
So well argued and written!! Love this: I sit in the Traditionalist camp, I’m not gonna defend that or explain that now, suffice to say I have not changed my view of the body, sexuality, and marriage. But I have changed the way I approach the pastoral care of LGBTIQ people in churches and how I speak about sexuality in public contexts. This stuff is irreducibly complex and you can’t give tweet-length answers to questions about gender dysphoria, Klinefelter syndrome, hiring policies at Muslim schools, homophobic violence, vaginal agenesis, polyamory, transgender misogyny, public funding for Christian adoption agencies, and more. So let’s park that one for now.
Ok, ok there are a lot of “bad actors” out there in the so-called complementarian/egalitarian debate. (And you’ve taken most of them to task!) But what about Carter’s observation that every institution that has rejected orthodoxy began with an “egalitarian slide” - it’s a terrible term, problematic given the loaded nature of the debate right now - but something seems to be connected here. Toxic masculinity and women’s leggings aside - does he have a point making this observation and can we think about it? (Not throwing shade here, just a little pushback to your pushback).
Yes, a problematic article for sure. The title was telling.