A policymaker Bible study teaches that male leadership is God’s revealed order

Evidence

Drollinger also anchors an ardent passion for male supremacy in his reading of the Bible. Women, he has maintained, should not be allowed to teach—or be placed in positions of leadership over—men in church. “If you look in the Bible all the leaders are male. It may not be what I would choose,” he says with an air of feigned helplessness, “but that’s what God wants.” — Katherine Stewart, The Power Worshippers, 207

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘not what I would choose’ framing is a classic abdication-of-agency move parallel to colonial officials claiming custom compels them — echoes Along the Archival Grain. — connects to: Early evangelical gender doctrine framed male domination and female self-denial as God’s design. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne: How White…, 151

Broader Connections

• Early evangelical gender doctrine framed male domination and female self-denial as God’s design. #expands (0.88) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 151