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For my children.
May you each live abundantly in a world that welcomes
and celebrates the beauty of your full humanity.
Contents
4 A Brief History of Sexism in the Church
5 A Brief History of Antisexism in the Church
7 Politics, Power, Pornography, and the Perpetuation of Sexism
8 Confronting Sexism in Relationships
9 Confronting Sexism in Christian Leadership
10 Confronting Sexism in a Church or Organization
11 Confronting Systemic Cultural Sexism
Praise for Confronting Sexism in the Church
SCOT MCKNIGHT
Over the last decade of teaching seminary students, a group in my favorite class gave themselves the name “the Gertie Girls.” Somehow, in the chatrooms to which I did not have access, a troll on the top of a hill at the Morton Arboretum and an attempted explanation by the professor of “gird up your loins” coalesced into a name for the group. They were and still are a wonderful group of Christian women leaders, pastors, moms, wives, writers, therapists, and all sorts of other vocations and avocations.
But what perhaps was most important was what I learned from them. Women were the majority in the class, and what I learned, ...
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About Confronting Sexism in the Church: How We Got Here and What We Can Do About ItHow to Fight Sexism in the Church Despite the real progress that has been made in recent years, women continue to be silenced, wounded, and relegated to the sidelines in our churches. Many churches—even churches that outwardly affirm and platform women—remain unaware of the patterns and cultures at play that set up unseen barriers for women. This is a book for Christians who want to learn how to do better. Heather Matthews has experienced sexism in the church firsthand. In Confronting Sexism in the Church, she explores the history and culture of sexism in our contemporary evangelical world and describes the many ways—subtle and not so subtle—that it lives on in the church today. She gives simple, practical steps for how Christians can actively fight sexism in its many forms. The mistreatment of women has been part of the human experience from the very beginning—but in Christ, women are set free to be all they've been created to be. This book invites churches to live out that reality in all its fullness. |
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