sources of authority

• buddhist views on roles

  Anguttara Nikaya advises women to ”rise up early, be the last to retire, be willing workers, order all things sweetly , be gently voiced. Buddha allowed women to join the sangha so did not see a womans place as being only in the home
• liberal views on gender equalty

  St Paul‘s teaching - “there is neither male nor female. for you are all one in Christ Jesus”
• catholics view on gender roles

  supported by the concept of natural law: men and women are made by God for different purposes.
• evangelical views on gender roles

  believe that traditional gender roles are reflected in complementarianism

  believe that a man’s role as head of family is supported by St paul’s teaching, “wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord” - Ephesians 5:21
• St paul teaches : " wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord"
• “the husband is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of the church” - Ephesians 5:23
• “for Adam was formed first then Eve” - Genesis 2:22
• “but I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ.” - Corinthians 11:3
• complementarianism - the belief that men + women have equal but different roles.
• "be fruitful and multiply"
• st paul - " i permit no woman to teach or to have authority over a man"
• anglican christians - "God created mankind in his own image of God he created them ; male and female he created them"
• "there is no longer male + female; for you are one in Christ Jesus"
• ( liberal christians )examples of woman leaders in the Bible :

  • Esther
  • Ruth
  • Deborah
• buddhists

  Sigalovada sutta - husband + wife are expected to treat each other respectfully
• One of the 10 commandments

  "You shall not commit adultery."
• "Moses perimitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard"
• "anyone who divorces his wife , except for sexual immorality , and marries another woman commits adultery"
• "two shall become one flesh"
• anglican church - Jesus spent time with a variety of faiths.
• St paul - "do not be yoked together with unbelievers"
• 5 primary precepts

  preserve life + protect the innocent

  live in an orderly society

  worship God

  educate children , to learn + acquire knowledge

  to reproduce
• sanctity of life -life is precious
• "thou shalt not kill"
• "control your bodies"
• "let him who is without sin cast the first stone"
• "it would be better for you to remain as i am" - unmarried
• "do not lie with a man, as with a woman , that is detestable"