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Lynne Wilson: How the Savior Empowered Women

01.26.2022 - By LDS LivingPlay

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For years, Dr. Lynne Wilson has met with theologians around the world from various faith traditions. She repeatedly heard theories at these meetings that inequality between men and women stemmed from the Bible. She was adamant that inequality was not something Christ taught—instead she believed that Jesus Christ emancipated women. So, she set out to do research to back it up. On this week’s episode, Dr. Wilson shares her research as well as her belief that there is no better place to be as a woman than in the gospel of Jesus Christ. 

“I just think we’re measuring the wrong things. It’s not about gender, it’s about mutuality and that is what Christ tried to break down in the meridian of time so that men and women and children, old and young, would work together together to build the kingdom.” 

Show Notes

2:55- Treatment of Women in the World While Jesus Walked

12:39- Initial Interest in Research

14:40- Segregation

18:39- Servitude

24:40- Inviting Women to Speak

27:03- Childbearing

30:28- Idleness and Lowness of Spirit

35:00- Witnesses

40:37- Being a Woman in the Church

46:31- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ

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