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Title: Southern Baptists Embrace Gender-Inclusive Language in the Bible
Post by: SophieD on June 11, 2017, 09:25:53 PM
Post by: SophieD on June 11, 2017, 09:25:53 PM
Southern Baptists Embrace Gender-Inclusive Language in the Bible
The Atlantic; Jonathan Merritt and Garet Robinson; 2:46 PM ET
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/southern-baptists-embrace-gender-inclusive-language-in-the-bible/529935/
Such changes in Southern Baptists' Bible translation of choice are more than a mere denominational matter. The SBC is America's largest Protestant denomination and one of its most conservative. If its leaders and members are tolerating a softer, more inclusive approach to gender, it might be a bellwether of things to come in the culture war over gender.
The Atlantic; Jonathan Merritt and Garet Robinson; 2:46 PM ET
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/southern-baptists-embrace-gender-inclusive-language-in-the-bible/529935/
Such changes in Southern Baptists' Bible translation of choice are more than a mere denominational matter. The SBC is America's largest Protestant denomination and one of its most conservative. If its leaders and members are tolerating a softer, more inclusive approach to gender, it might be a bellwether of things to come in the culture war over gender.