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Christian egalitarianism refers to a biblically-based belief that gender, in and of itself, neither privileges nor curtails a believer's gifting or calling to any ministry in the church or home. It does not imply that women and men are identical or undifferentiated, but argues that God designed men and women to complement and benefit one another.
At the head of every household is a man; at the head of a man is Christ, and the head of every woman is a man, and the head of Christ is God." [4] Wives are seen as second in the family household, only to their husbands. This suggests that men are at the forefront of Christianity and adds to the issue of equal rights for women in the religion.
God said, in the book of Deuteronomy, “A woman shall not wear a man's garment, nor shall a man put on a woman's cloak, for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord your God." [ 18 ] The book intends to set a specific idea of what a man and women should, and should not wear based on their gender, or they will disappoint the Lord.
They believe "the Bible presents a clear chain of authority—above all authority and power is God; God is the head of Christ. Then in descending order, Christ is the head of man, man is the head of woman, and parents are the head of their children." [179] Complementarians teach that God intended men to lead their wives as "heads" of the family.
"Women have equal rights with men upon earth; in religion and society they are a very important element. As long as women are prevented from attaining their highest possibilities, so long will men be unable to achieve the greatness which might be theirs." [10] "The world of humanity has two wings—one is women and the other men.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church asserts that "God gives man and woman an equal personal dignity" [12] but also that the harmony of society "depends in part on the way in which the complementarity, needs, and mutual support between the sexes are lived out." [12]
The verse literally translates to "There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus". [2] David Scholer, New Testament scholar at Fuller Theological Seminary, believes that the passage is "the fundamental Pauline theological basis for the inclusion of women and men as equal and mutual partners in all of the ministries of the church."
Al-Ghazali indicated that Islam suggests a significant sense of equality between men and women. [8] He maintained that there are traditions created by people and not by God that slow women's development and keeps them in religious ignorance, which he believes results in the degradation of the whole Muslim community. [8]