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October 2009 
Some Good News
Posted on Jul 20th, 2009
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1Vector3
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Ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter has left the Baptist church, after 60 years there, over their attitudes toward women.
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Access: PublicTagged with: women, politics, religion, Jimmy Carter, patriarchy, consciousness, evolution, church, feminism, equality
The one thing that the article doesn't state is where he went after he left. There are very few “major” congregations out there today that give more than lip-service to the idea women's equality, because many are still abiding by “male” interpretations of biblical writings.
As an interesting side-note, one of the ”related articles” headlined that ”Schuller daughter aims to heal Crystal Cathedral” - after her brother was turfed (last December) as the heir-apparent to her father's (Robert H. Schuller) massive church in California. So apparently women are good enough/capable to come to the rescue of their church, but not good enough/capable to actually lead it theoligically. Sheila Schuller is acting in an administrative capacity, apparently, but others (mostly male preachers, by the sound of the line-up) will still do the preaching (and therefore interpreting of “the word”) .
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To be expected, the Schuller stuff, eh?
Good question. Wonder if he'll end up in the Episcopal Church, which I've seen is far more open toward women, gays, etc. Not ideal, but better.
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OM