Christians generally take one of two views regarding women’s roles in the church—either the complementarian view, or the egalitarian (or biblical mutualist) view.
To be fair, some egalitarians are not even believers, for example, equality was one of the promises of the French Revolution, so there is at least some reason for possible concern. I think believing egals/mutualists address it, but we also need to repudiate the French Revolutionary ideas of equality where they differ from Scripture. Similarly, some egals do hold a low view of Scripture, so the question is a fair one to raise in terms of what kind of egal are you or I. And the concern about being influenced by modern culture is also a possible concern. We need to be aware of that possible bias and try our best to understand Scripture in the cultures in which each book was written.
Of course. One can only address so many sub-topics in a limited post like this. I did use the term “evangelical egalitarians” purposefully, as it seems complementarians want to lump all egalitarians into a liberal box to make the claim about our alleged low view of Scripture. And I do prefer the term “biblical mutualist,” but for the sake of this conversation, used the more common term “egalitarian.” It is admittedly a flat sociological nomenclature. I absolutely agree on your concerns about the beliefs of some (non-evangelical) egalitarians.
To be fair, some egalitarians are not even believers, for example, equality was one of the promises of the French Revolution, so there is at least some reason for possible concern. I think believing egals/mutualists address it, but we also need to repudiate the French Revolutionary ideas of equality where they differ from Scripture. Similarly, some egals do hold a low view of Scripture, so the question is a fair one to raise in terms of what kind of egal are you or I. And the concern about being influenced by modern culture is also a possible concern. We need to be aware of that possible bias and try our best to understand Scripture in the cultures in which each book was written.
Not all complementarians are Christians, either.
The term "Christian" certainly doesn't mean exactly the same thing to all who embrace it.
Of course. One can only address so many sub-topics in a limited post like this. I did use the term “evangelical egalitarians” purposefully, as it seems complementarians want to lump all egalitarians into a liberal box to make the claim about our alleged low view of Scripture. And I do prefer the term “biblical mutualist,” but for the sake of this conversation, used the more common term “egalitarian.” It is admittedly a flat sociological nomenclature. I absolutely agree on your concerns about the beliefs of some (non-evangelical) egalitarians.