Re: [asa] Roles of women

Quite a different story from what has been happening on our campus this past week. Dr. Mary Paul (ONU Prof. in School of Theology & Christian Ministry) has been the featured guest speaker in the morning Chapel & evening Church services during our Winter revival meetings.
 
 
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Charles
 
 
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>>> "Austerberry, Charles" <cfauster@creighton.edu> 1/30/2007 5:52 PM >>>

Reasons (poor ones, generally) for restricting what women can do in the church range from hermeneutical to scientific. What strikes me is how scripture can become an idol, which can then lead to unfounded doctrines that are ungodly, in my opinion. Whether God chose to put inerrant history and science in the Bible should be a question resolved through open study, not a litmus-test doctrine. Likewise, whether St. Paul's attitude about women in roles of authority more reflects God's perspective or Paul's human cultural perspective ought to be an open question, not policy, in my opinion. This action of the SBC makes me sad, but it's consistent with many conservative denominations' actions towards biology professors who would teach evolution. At least women can teach biology (if not evolution) in SBC schools. But what if the SBC decides that pastors-to-be should learn some biology (imagine!) in SBC seminaries? Could women teach them biology, even though they can't teach Hebrew? Which has more significance for theology anyway? http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/012007dnmetnubaptists.176f48d.html
 
Chuck Austerberry
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Nebraska Religious Coalition for Science Education
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Received on Wed Jan 31 13:31:16 2007