Sunday, January 13, 2008
Week 1--Barker, Chapter 1 (Anti-essentialism and Post-structuralism)
The Church has to take ideas like Anti-essentialism and Post-structuralism seriously if it is going to properly put them into a Christian perspective. For instance, I’m wondering about the implications of Anti-essentialism when applied to Paul’s argument in 1 Cor. 11 about women being subordinate to men. When Paul argues on the basis of Gen. 2 that women are subordinate to men, is it really based on “the nature of things” (v. 14)? Or is all of Paul’s rhetoric simply transparently revealing his agenda for upholding the artifice of social conventions (v. 16)?
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I thought this was a standout reflection - nice work at bringing in the readings and theory and applying them to theology. You could take this idea and shape it into a nice paper someday!
Good work on the rest of your work this week as well.
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