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A Call for Articles on ‘Home Economics’

Filed under: CBE, Family, Marriage, Publications, Roles — Megan at 4:01 pm on Monday, November 12, 2007

Mutuality  is now accepting articles (and discussion surrounding the issue) for the Spring 2008 issue on ‘Home Economics.’

Topic ideas include, but are not limited to:

  • How convictions about biblical equality and gender justice apply to every day home life
  • Biblical reflections: Christ as the head of our homes; being part of the family of God; Proverbs 31 woman
  • How Christian convictions about women’s equality have transformed culturally-specific family models (e.g. polygamy, female infanticide, education of women and girls)
  • Examples of sharing responsibility in the home; non-traditional divisions of labor (e.g. men who sew or cook; women who fix the car)
  • Home economics for singles, roommates, and communal living situations
  • Critique of the model of husband as head of the home; critique of traditional ‘for women only’ approaches to home economics
  • Faithful Christian examples of stay-at-home dads, working mothers, single parents

Please send specific ideas or proposals to mgreulich@cbeinternational.org. The deadline is November 28th.

1 Comment »

Comment by Kathryn

November 16, 2007 @ 2:50 pm

Thank you for including stay-at-home dads in the discussion. This home-economics course at Southwestern is another example of ‘keeping women in their place’ at home, and upholding a ‘macho’ of headship, which is ultimately impossible for men to keep.

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