Gender Balance in the Light of Culture and Scripture
Keywords:
scripture, culture, Gender balanceAbstract
Considering the ever-changing nature of the word gender, descriptively and
syntactically, care and caution should be the watchwords as we interrogate it
and in the conclusions we arrive at. In the light of the above, this review employed
the historical and biblical method of inquiry in the quest for arriving at something
authentic and concrete concerning gender. It shall trace the historical usages of
the word and juxtapose it with current concepts as well as examine especially if
the 'genderless' status currently accorded some hitherto masculine and feminine
nouns squares with scriptural declaration. This is very critical given the fact
that while we may allow human appellative concepts to constantly change;
God's declarations do not necessarily have to follow that pattern. This study
revealed that in synopsis, all the ideas behind gender and sex points to the fact
that gender is basically cultural while sex is biological. In the light of the findings
of this study, it was concluded that men should learn to recognise the role of
women in the society and thus manifest the critical balance which is found in
culture and scripture.
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