A Thanks to John Hobbins Regarding the Women in Ministry Issue

by drmsheiser | Mar 1, 2011

Previous post on “women in ministry”: Women in Ministry: Next Round with John Hobbins

I just saw John’s latest post where he defends me against the “wrath” of Suzanne McCarthy. My thanks are in order. In Suzanne’s defense, though, I should point out to readers that she and I have been chatting by email as well over the last week. She’s been through a lot of abuse at the hands of complementarian thinking, so I understand the context, and in email she has not been unkind, just frank.

At any rate, for me this is a conscience issue, and so I honor the egalitarian impulse by not seeking its demise, all the while lacking a conviction to defend it for reasons already stated in previous posts. And in so doing I get to offend both sides. Familiar territory.

Next post on “women in ministry”: Naked Bible Podcast 130 – ETS: Image/Idols, Women & the Church

6 Comments

  1. Sue
    Sue on March 1, 2011 at 7:21 pm

    I think that in the interests of honestly, we should reveal that in the emails Mike said that he would be interested in meeting me at an SBL or ETS meeting and I serioulsy considered it. We also talked about many other things apart from exegesis. Mike extended friendship to me in the emails, and I have no interest in having this exhange turned into something that it wasn’t.

    • MSH
      MSH on March 3, 2011 at 2:18 pm

      yep – and would still enjoying meeting at SBL regional if you are there. Let me know if you plan to attend.

  2. Sue
    Sue on March 3, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    Mike,

    I would really love to go sometime, but …. I don’t know.

  3. Sue
    Sue on March 4, 2011 at 6:02 pm

    Mike,

    I wonder if you would consider removing your link to John’s post since some very unfortunate ad hominem comments about me have been made there. I feel that blog etiquette would indicate that ad hominem remarks should be moderated out. Thanks so much.

    • MSH
      MSH on March 7, 2011 at 11:55 pm

      which one (the “thanks” one?)

  4. Sue
    Sue on March 9, 2011 at 5:42 pm

    doesn’t matter now – its okay