In general, I think that is too simple of a summation of what it is feminists actually believe to be fair. I’ll admit that I’m no expert on feminism, but from the little bit of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza I have read, I can gather that this is not really how a Christian feminist would define himself. Feminists, typically of the post-structural kind, would identify themselves with a sort of liberation theology, whereby the very message of Jesus frees them (and all marginalized) from the oppressive narratives and language of the texts of the church. Your definition seems to imply that feminists focus on an explicit prejudice against men, which is not entirely the case for all, maybe even most, of them. The idea is, how would the church’s text, history, theology, etc. be different if women were not marganalized? Also, note that feminism is a wide and diverse movement, and unfortunately your definition above doesn’t do justice to that. I believe that an egalitarian can rightly be a feminist as well; there doesn’t necessarily have to be seperate categories.

Thank you for that, Ryan. Feminism comes in many colors. There are many different Christian feminist camps as well. I don’t see how Josh’s description fits anything I’ve ever heard of but maybe it’s out there somewhere.

Makes me want to dance under the light of the moon naked and howl for peace in the midst of patriarchal war mongering. JN!