In the latest episode of our Religious Trauma series, we wanted to get to the bottom of where the idea of gender roles came from. We were curious as to why so many Christians have an understanding of gender roles that tends to be oppressive to women; we figured those ideas had to come from somewhere
These ideas, then influenced the early church fathers, the early church fathers influenced the reformers, and the reformers influenced modern-day theologians.
Show Notes/Sources
- History of this philosophy
- Aristotle (384-322 BC)
- Philo of Alexandria (Around 25 BC, or approx 300 years after Aristotle)
- Augustine (church father, 354-430)
- Gender Roles in Scripture (Theology)
- 1 Corinthians 11:3,10
- Ephesians 5:22-33
- Codex Vaticanus: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.gr.1209
- Nestle 1904 Greek New Testament:
https://sites.google.com/site/nestle1904/ephesians/5?authuser=0 - 1 Peter 3:1-2
- Modern Impact
For the full version of the show notes and sources we used in this episode:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cjOJOq1MCCvz3T55cryrmwDfMeYjiDZ3TjKSJmgR4lU/edit?usp=sharing