He asked the old lady whether the rug behind her was for sale. One day he passed a stall where an elderly woman sat on a tiny rug before a very large hand-woven rug. She states that she heard a story that Sister Joan Chittister once told:Ī merchant in the Middle East went from bazaar to bazaar buying rugs to export. The following is a story told by Kimball (2004) that speaks to equality. Both male and female were called to rule, to multiply and to nurture children. He created them as male and female in his image, and after God blessed them, he saw that everything he had made was good indeed it was very good. Lastly, I will argue that the church has to confront its views on gender inequality and how it can sanction women's equality, whereafter I will propose a metaphor for the church as the tree of gender equality.Īccording to Genesis 1:26-31, God created humankind. Secondly, focus will be placed on gender inequality in the African context. This caused women to renegotiate their identities amidst the church's views on women and their accepted social roles. Harmful and traditional cultural practices contribute to women's suffering and often result in violence in the patriarchal context. This article aims to look at the church's role in the formation and up-keeping of gender inequality, and how it shaped and constrained gender equality through a stereotypical lens.

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