Rethinking Complementarianism: Sydney Anglicans, Orthodoxy and Gendered Inequality
Abstract Complementarianism, that is, Christian teaching focusing on men’s leadership and women’s submission as an ideal pattern of relationships and gendered behaviour, has been identified both as a boundary marker with little lived currency and as a contributing factor in instances of intimate par...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Religion & gender
Year: 2021, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 218-244 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Sydney
/ Anglican congregation
/ Gender-specific role
/ Complementarity (Sociology)
/ Orthodoxy (motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society FD Contextual theology KBS Australia; Oceania KDE Anglican Church NBE Anthropology NCB Personal ethics RB Church office; congregation |
| Further subjects: | B
Anglican
B Gender B Secularism B complementarian |
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| Summary: | Abstract Complementarianism, that is, Christian teaching focusing on men’s leadership and women’s submission as an ideal pattern of relationships and gendered behaviour, has been identified both as a boundary marker with little lived currency and as a contributing factor in instances of intimate partner violence. This contradiction raises a question; does complementarianism have little felt effect or does it have significant—and violent—social consequences? In this article, drawing on Scott’s analysis of Secularism as discourse I consider complementarianism as a religio-political discourse. Through analysis of published church material and stories gathered through interviews with parishioners and church staff, I explore how complementarianism is constructed and implemented in the Sydney Anglican Diocese. I argue that complementarianism is not a distinctively Christian theology, but a discourse, or story, told in community which constructs orthodoxy and both creates and limits gendered and religious identity. |
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| ISSN: | 1878-5417 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion & gender
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18785417-bja10005 |