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The Alisa Childers Podcast

#160 Does Complementarianism lead to Abuse? With Dianna Williams

The Alisa Childers Podcast

Alisa Childers

Christianity, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.95.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2022

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Beth Allison Barr's book "The Making of Biblical Womanhood" has become a best-seller in Christian circles and argues that complementarianism is linked with abuse. I invited my friend Dianna Williams from Southern Evangelical Seminary to review the book and talk about the difference between complementarianism and egalitarianism, and to share some agreements and disagreements with this popular book.

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There is real misogyny or showvinism might be the word, but I don't believe that

0:08.5

complementarianism causes that. I believe sin in the hearts of people causes that.

0:13.0

She assumes the terms of our modern culture and then reads out of the text

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modern conclusions that aren't actually in the text.

0:38.2

Welcome to the Alisa Childers Podcast where we equip Christians to identify the core

0:43.9

beliefs of historic Christianity, discern its counterfeits and proclaim the gospel with clarity,

0:49.6

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amazing conversations coming up for you. I don't want you to miss anything.

1:03.2

Today, we're going to be reviewing a book called The Making of Biblical Woman Hooded by

1:08.1

Beth Ellison Bar. Now, this book has been quite popular. I've had a lot of emails about it.

1:13.2

People ask in my opinion, so I read it and I had my friend Diana Williams read it.

1:17.8

We're going to talk through those ideas through the book together and basically the book argues

1:23.5

that the view of complementarianism is linked with abuse. Now, that's a bold claim.

1:29.5

If you're new to the complementarian versus egalitarian debate and discussion,

1:35.0

this is basically a difference that Christians have over the role of men and women in the church

1:42.2

and in the home. So, just broadly speaking, the complementarian view would say that men and women

1:48.6

are both made in the image and likeness of God and because of that have equal dignity, value

1:54.3

and worth, but they have different roles to play in the church and in the home.

1:59.5

Now, the egalitarian view starts off the same. Men and women are both created in the image of God

2:05.6

and because of that have inherent dignity, value and worth. So, they're equal in that sense,

2:11.6

but they're also equal or interchangeable according to the egalitarian view in their roles in the

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