Evangelical Feminism : : A History / / Pamela D.H. Cochran.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Cochran, Pamela D.H.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

For most people, the terms “evangelical” and “feminism” are contradictory. “Evangelical” invokes images of conservative Christians known for their strict interpretation of the Bible, as well as their support of social conservatism and traditional gender roles. So how could an evangelical support feminism, a movement that seeks, at its most basic level, to redress the inequalities, injustice, and discrimination that women face because of their sex?Evangelical Feminism offers the first history of the evangelical feminist movement. It traces the emergence and theological development of biblical feminism within evangelical Christianity in the 1970s, how an internal split among members of the movement came about over the question of lesbianism, and what these developments reveal about conservative Protestantism and religion generally in contemporary America.Cochran shows that biblical feminists have been at the center of changes both within evangelicalism and in American culture more broadly by renegotiating the religious symbols which shape its deepest values.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. We’re on Our Way, Lord! -- 3. All We’re Meant to Be -- 4. Is the Homosexual My Neighbor? -- 5. Empowered by the Word, I -- 6. Empowered by the Word, II -- 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author