Annotated Bibliography For Gender-Related Articles In 2008 -- By: Jeff D. Breeding

Journal: Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Volume: JBMW 14:1 (Spring 2009)
Article: Annotated Bibliography For Gender-Related Articles In 2008
Author: Jeff D. Breeding


Annotated Bibliography For Gender-Related Articles In 2008

Jeff D. Breeding

Contributing Editor

The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Louisville, Kentucky

In this issue of the journal we profile some of the most significant gender-related articles from 2008. Here is a brief reminder about the categories we are using and our intent in using them. Complementarian designates an author who recognizes the full personal equality of the sexes, coupled with an acknowledgment of role distinctions in the home and church, as articulated in the Danvers Statement (see back cover of JBMW). Egalitarian classifies evangelicals who see undifferentiated equality between men and women—i.e., they see no scriptural warrant for affirming male headship in the home or the church. Under the Non-Evangelical heading, we have classified important secular works that address the subject of biblical gender issues from a religious, albeit, non-evangelical point of view. This category also serves as our classification for liberal scholars wanting to retain some sort of Christian identity. Finally, under the Undeclared heading, we have listed those authors who do not give sufficient indication of their fundamental stance for us to classify them more specifically, or authors whose position is too ambiguous to classify in light of the category descriptions above.

Complementarian

Berry, Everett. “Complementarianism and Eschatology: Engaging Gordon Fee’s ‘New Creation’ Egalitarianism.” The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 13, no. 2 (2008): 59-68.

Berry takes on Fee’s assertion that complementarianism contradicts NT teaching on how believers should presently relate to one another in light of coming eschatological realities. Fee contends that complementarians, with their insistence on male headship, are advocating an idea that will not be found in the new creation. Berry responds to Fee’s assertion by noting, broadly, that egalitarianism operates from an over-realized eschatology. Berry concludes by noting that whatever life in the new creation looks like, we will still have unique roles to play, and we will retain our distinct essence as male and female creatures.

Carter, Micah Daniel. “Reconsidering the Maleness of Jesus.” The Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 13, no. 1 (2008): 27-41.

Feminist theologians have sought to reinterpret much of what constitutes orthodox Christian doctrine. As Carter points out in this insightful article, Christology is no exception. Carter outlines the rationale for feminist reinterpretations of Christology and surveys their alternative interpretations of the i...

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