THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT'S DISCOURSE ON GENDER AND THE BIBLE
2005; Indiana University Press; Volume: 21; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2979/fsr.2005.21.1.81
ISSN8755-4178
Autores Tópico(s)American Constitutional Law and Politics
ResumoOn March 11, 2004, President George W. Bush spoke to the National As sociation of Evangelicals (NAE) during its annual convention in Colorado Springs. An organization of 30 million Americans, the NAE has given full sup port to Bush, who spoke via teleconference to the convention's attendees. Bush, mentioning his opposition to gay marriage, certain forms of abortion, and gene research, knew that his audience endorsed a conservative agenda. Bold religious (and androcentric) rhetoric laced his speech, in which he as serted, Human life is a creation of God, not a commodity to be exploited by man. The speech was noteworthy enough to warrant coverage by the New York Times, which ran the article in its main section.' Ordinarily, I would have glanced at an article such as this, shaken my head about the unfortunate but powerful alliance between the Christian Right and the current administration in the United States, and moved on. This time, how ever, I cut out the article and copied it for my students. I understood more fully to whom Bush spoke, because I was already involved in reviewing the Chris tian Right's discussion on gender and the Bible. I had visited the Web site of the NAE, as well as those of some of its member organizations, such as the Christian Coalition of America, Jerry Falwell Ministries, Concerned Women for America, Focus on the Family, and especially the Council on Biblical Man hood and Womanhood.2 The latter organization focuses on gender issues, pub lishes the Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, and sponsors con ferences aiming to educate the American public about biblical manhood and
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