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Editor’s Note: The following article is part of a multi-denominational forum on the state of complementarianism and appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Q: What do you believe the Bible teaches about God’s design for men and women, particularly in the home and the church? How do you view the relationship between the Bible’s...
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Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Complementarians believe that men and women are “equal before God as persons and distinct in their manhood and womanhood.”[1] Or, as John Piper and Wayne Grudem put it, complementarians believe the Scriptures assert the reality of “both equality and beneficial differences between...
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Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. The history of feminism began where it is most likely to end: with a man. In 1837, French philosopher and ill-reputed utopian socialist Charles Fourier coined the term “feminist” to describe his belief in the equality of men and women.[1] This may...
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Editor’s Note: The following article appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. 1. Introduction With cultural conversations increasingly centered on the radical proposals of critical race theory and queer theory, discussions of gender and feminism seem almost obsolete. However, a deeper analysis reveals that contemporary feminism is a critical social theory which shares the...
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Editor’s Note: The following article is part of a multi-denominational forum on the state of complementarianism and appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Q: What do you believe the Bible teaches about God’s design for men and women, particularly in the home and the church? How do you view the relationship between the Bible’s...
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Editor’s Note: The following article is Part III of a response to Christianity Today’s April 2024 cover story on gender and appears in the Spring 2024 issue of Eikon. Parts I and II can be read here and here. One of the glorious and beautiful truths of—and legacies of—biblical Christianity is Christianity’s effect in history...
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