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In The Image Of God: Implications for Gender Equality

October 30, 2015 by Gail Wallace

In The Image Of God: Implications for Gender Equality

I have a granddaughter who loves to be read to. When I start reading she pays close attention, but sometimes when we get to the middle she abruptly closes the book, because she already knows how the story ends.

I think we often do the same thing when it comes to understanding what it means to be made in the image of God (Imago Dei) and the implications for gender equality. That is, our understanding has been based primarily on the beginning of the story. In the first pages of the Bible there is true equality between the first man and the first woman. Both Adam and Eve are image bearers who equally reflect their Creator, both are under the authority of their Creator alone, and both are given the mandate to fill the earth and have dominion over it. End of story. Or not?

Filed Under: gender equality, General, sexism in the church, women in the bible, women in the church Tagged With: clothed with Christ, creation, image of God, imago christus, imago dei, imago spiritus, Incarnation, Pentecost

Made in the Image of God: Not Just a Creation Story!

October 1, 2014 by Gail Wallace

Made in the Image of God: Not Just a Creation Story!

Today Gail has a guest post up on the Sophia Network website, a group in the U.K. with a similar mission the The Junia Project. Here are the first few paragraphs and a link to the full post. While you’re there, check out the other great articles featured and sign up for their monthly newsletter!

I have a three-year-old granddaughter who loves to be read to.

When I start reading she always pays close attention, but sometimes when we get to the middle she abruptly closes the book, because she already knows how the story ends and is ready to move on to something new.

I realized recently that I have been guilty of doing the same thing when it comes to understanding what it means to be made in the image of God (Imago Dei) and the implications this has for gender equality. That is, my understanding of Imago Dei has been based almost entirely on the creation narratives of Genesis. In these first pages of the Bible there is true equality between the first man and the first woman. Both Adam and Eve are image bearers who equally reflect their Creator, both are under the authority of that creator alone, and both are given the mandate to fill the earth and have dominion over it.

End of story.

Or not?

Filed Under: egalitarianism, gender equality, women in leadership, women in the bible, women in the church Tagged With: Adam and Eve, Genesis, Holy Spirit, image of Christ, image of God, imago christus, imago dei, imago spiritus

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