Was Jesus a feminist? Author Sarah Bessey thinks so.
Jonathan Merritt
The f-word makes a lot of Christians uncomfortable, and by “f-word”, I mean “feminist.” For example, theologian Wayne Grudem argues in his book Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism that feminism is the gateway to “a system of thinking that denies the complete truthfulness of the Bible as the Word of God and denies the unique and absolute authority of the Bible in our lives.”
But for Canadian blogger Sarah Bessey, them’s fightin’ words. She says that she is a feminist because of the Bible and adds, “Jesus turned me into a feminist.” Her new book Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women is a wildly popular exploration of gender in light of her interpretation of the Christian scriptures. Here, Bessey and I discuss how she defines feminism, where the church has misunderstood the issues, and what she wants to say the submissive homemaking woman who is happy with her life.
http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2013/11/11/feminism-sarah-bessey-thinks-so/