Southwestern Baptist seminary in Fort Worth, Texas is the largest seminary in the world. It is in the news as of late for two reasons related to gender. One is the dismissal of Dr. Sheri Klouda, mentioned in an earlier blog. She was fired from her Old Testament professorship because she is a woman.
The second story making headlines has to do with a new program on homemaking for women. This program fits with the new Southern Baptist emphasis on traditional gender roles. Of course, this emphasis plus the new program is disconcerting for those Christians who are open to women in ministry. See Martin Marty's column in Christian Century, for example. Marty is one of the most influential Christian writers in recent American history.
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