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A review by funnellegant
Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women by Sarah Bessey
2.0
I was looking forward to this book, and truly wanted to like it. The first half of the book was an invitation to open-minded community and humility. Bessey seemed to be gently tearing down defensive thinking and subverting an evangelical expectation of how a feminist might speak or act. She was setting the stage for an intimate journey to rebuild paradigms.
And then she never delivered. The tagline of the book reads: "An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women." There is very little conversation about the Bible at all. She dodges the question of application, avoiding any opportunity to call people to action. The final quarter of the book fell into Christianese platitudes so thickly spread and sacharine-sweet that I found myself losing the point of entire chapters.
I came away wondering what this book was supposed to accomplish, who it was for, and whether Sarah Bessey really knew much about feminism at all.
And then she never delivered. The tagline of the book reads: "An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women." There is very little conversation about the Bible at all. She dodges the question of application, avoiding any opportunity to call people to action. The final quarter of the book fell into Christianese platitudes so thickly spread and sacharine-sweet that I found myself losing the point of entire chapters.
I came away wondering what this book was supposed to accomplish, who it was for, and whether Sarah Bessey really knew much about feminism at all.