{"id":29884,"date":"2016-08-02T11:06:34","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/?p=29884"},"modified":"2016-08-02T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2016-08-02T15:06:34","slug":"hey-trump-have-you-checked-what-your-own-religious-book-says-about-women-speaking-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2016\/08\/hey-trump-have-you-checked-what-your-own-religious-book-says-about-women-speaking-in-public.html","title":{"rendered":"Hey Trump? Have you checked what your own religious book says about women speaking in public?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

In his now-infamous response to Khizr Khan\u2019s moving\u00a0speech at the Democratic National Convention\u00a0in Philadelphia, Donald Trump said the following<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you look at his wife, she was standing there. She had nothing to say. She probably \u2014 maybe she wasn\u2019t allowed to have anything to say. You tell me.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This was, of course, a reference to the repression\u00a0of women in the Muslim world. And it is absolutely true that there are problems out there\u2014take honor killings in Pakistan, for instance, or the ban on women driving in Saudi Arabia, or the sexual enslavement of Yazidi women by ISIS fighters. But Islam is not monolithic, and Trump\u2019s assumption that Ghazala Khan did not speak because she \u201cwasn\u2019t allowed to\u201d was born of the same assumptions that undergird his claim that we should suspend\u00a0all Muslim immigration to the United States, because of the threat of global terrorism.<\/p>\n

But I don\u2019t want to talk about Trump\u2019s foibles when it comes to Islam. I want to talk about somethings lightly different. I want to talk about Trump\u2019s own claimed religion, Christianity, because what he said about Ghazala Khan not being allowed to speak sounded vaguely familiar. Hmm, I wonder why\u2014maybe\u2014<\/p>\n

I Corinthians 14:34-35\u2014Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.\u00a0If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, that\u2019s<\/em> why it sounded familiar! It turns out that Trump\u2019s own religious book<\/em> states that women should not be permitted to speak in certain contexts, such as church. Wild, right? It\u2019s right there in One Corinthians! I wonder what else Trump\u2019s religious book says? Let\u2019s check. I\u2019m on the edge of my seat!<\/p>\n

I Corinthians 11:5\u2014But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head\u2013it is the same as having her head shaved.<\/p>\n

Ephesians 5:22\u2014Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.<\/p>\n

I Timothy 2:11-12\u2014A woman should learn in quietness and full submission.\u00a0I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You can\u2019t see this, but I am now hiding under my chair.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

But wait, what\u2019s that you say? Not all Christians take these verses literally or apply them today? Say it ain\u2019t so! But more seriously, that\u2019s exactly my point<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Like Islam, Christianity is\u00a0a religion that (1) has a holy book sprinkled with texts promoting female submission; (b) has a long history and tradition of denying women an equal role in religious and civil society; and (3) still has sects today that preach and practice female submission. Of course, Christianity also (1) verses that feminist Christians today use to promote gender equality; (2) a long history of women working within religion to push\u00a0back against patriarchal norms; and (3) sects that preach and practice gender equality today. Well guess what? Islam has those things too!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not going\u00a0to get into a contest of which religion does more to suppress women. That is not my point. My point is that Trump is making monolithic assumptions about a large, complex, and varied religion while being a member of a similarly large, complex, and varied religion. Trump\u2019s misogyny\u00a0aside,\u00a0I doubt he\u00a0would appreciate having someone\u00a0make assumptions about his beliefs based on Pentecostal<\/a> Christians, or Independent Fundamentalist Baptist churches, or FLDS Mormons<\/a>, or Amish communities, or\u00a0the quiverfull movement. And yet,\u00a0that is exactly what happens every time someone acts like ISIS is somehow representative of Islam.<\/p>\n

Going forward, I vote we point Trump to One Corinthians every time he makes monolithic assumptions about Islam. Oh I\u2019m sorry, I Corinthians.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But I don’t want to talk about Trump’s foibles when it comes to Islam. I want to talk about somethings lightly different. I want to talk about Trump’s own claimed religion, Christianity, because what he said about Ghazala Khan not being allowed to speak sounded vaguely familiar. Hmm, I wonder why—maybe—<\/p>\n

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