Last updated 7/11/2024
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Christian misogyny and sexism
various | misogyny in purity culture | antifeminism and related | saying women should always be submissive to male leaders | gender essentialism | rejecting feminine and gender neutral terms for God
Some Christians insist God should be referred to as as mostly or exclusively masculine and have responded badly to people talking about God as feminine or as non-gendered. As you'll see in some of the linked articles, these Christians believe a person can't be both a man and a woman or that anyone can lack a gender.
1. Here are Christians rejecting feminine terms for God.
Uncritical examples
Twelve Reasons Why You Can't Call God ”Mother” | Fr. Dwight Longnecker (June 2015)
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Is God Also Our Mother? | Roger E. Olson (May 2015)
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Our Mother Who Art In Heaven? by Tony Reinke | Desiring God (March 2017, argues that while God is not male or female, She should still be referred with only masculine terms)
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Why We Call God 'Father' by Simon Chan | Christianity Today (August 2013)
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This is heresy, straight up. by Owen Strachan | Twitter (May 2014)
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Is God A Woman? by Fritz Chery | Bible Reasons (April 2023)
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The Future of Masculinity by Greg Morse | Desiring God (December 2020)
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Commentary
12 Reasons Why You Can Totally Call God ”Mother” | Sarah Over The Moon (June 2015)
I used only feminine pronouns while leading worship. And that shit was healing. | Kevin Garcia (July 2020 I think?)
Every Part Of The Trinity Is ”She Who Is:” Resisting Roger Olson's Boxes For God | Sarah Over The Moon (May 2015)
God as a woman, seeking out the marginalized | Sarah Over The Moon (June 2013)
2. Here are Christians who think gender neutral terms and pronouns for God are somehow wrong.
Uncritical examples
'They' Is Not a Pronoun for God by Christy Thornton | Christianity Today (January 2022)
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Commentary
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