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God and Women: Deconstructing the Christian Caste System
What one reader says about, Woman this is WAR! Gender, Slavery, and the Evangelical Caste System: A unique approach to the modern-day evangelical “war” over women: Andersen is a gifted writer, and the book was easy to read even as it covers thoughtful and sometimes technical information. I am glad I read it.
I’ve read a great deal about women in the church and home, and it is easy to think there is nothing new to be learned or considered—but this book has a unique approach and covers aspects overlooked by others.
Everything is well documented with footnotes in case you have questions or want sources. … In the opening chapters of this book, I had never made the connection between the abolitionist or anti-slavery movement in the late 1800’s and the women’s rights movement. As Christian women back then began to speak out against slavery, they took push-back and criticism because they were stepping outside the women’s sphere of the home and speaking in public, even from pulpits, when an anti-slavery meeting happened take place in a church.
There is interaction in the book with Frederick Douglas who saw similarities between how women and blacks were treated. Women were bound by a caste system too, thus the book’s subtitle: Gender, Slavery, and the Evangelical Caste System.
Finally, I was pleased that translation bias was covered in a chapter, an issue that needs to be addressed, and one that I find quite hard to bring up with lay people or everyday believers who lack knowledge about Bible translation. We can trust our Bibles, but we also need to acknowledge that certain passages are difficult to translate, and bias can come into play. ~~ L. Martin (4-stars)
Book News: The 2nd Edition of my book, Woman this is WAR! Gender, Slavery, and the Evangelical Caste System, will soon be available in both digital and print forms. The book will be published with a new cover and under the new title, God and Women: Deconstructing the Christian Caste System.
Additionally, the 2nd Edition is currently being published in serialized chapter form, right here on Substack, with several chapters already available, and the first three chapters are free to read!
The first edition of, Woman this is WAR!, will continue to be available on Amazon Kindle and is free to read for Kindle Unlimited subscribers.
I am also publishing a free series in progress entitled, “Deconstructing the Danver’s Statement on Men and Women.” Several segments are already available in print and video formats.
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Jocelyn Andersen challenges the status quo with an often non-traditional and out-of-the-box approach to biblical understanding. She writes and speaks on a variety of subjects including Bible Prophecy, God and Women, and Christian response to domestic violence. Her work has been featured in magazines, newspapers, radio, and television.