The Quest for Gender Equity in Leadership: Biblical Teachings on Gender Equity and Illustrations of Transformation in Africa
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Overview
The call for gender equity in leadership has become a global concern. From a Christian perspective, all forms of gender prejudice are sinful because they violate God’s intention for creating both men and women in God’s image. Although many Christian authors have published books and journal articles to address gender-based injustice, very few publications have approached the subject from an African perspective. This book is meant to fill the existing gap. With a specific reference to the African context, this book explores the phenomenon of equity in leadership from various dimensions, such as African culture and traditional religion, church tradition, biblical interpretation, as well as from the perspective of contemporary socio-economic and political realities in Africa. By giving vivid examples of success stories of men and women working together, the authors have demythologized the view that women cannot be leaders. In addition, this book is intended for general readership by Christian men and women throughout the globe. For universities and colleges that teach gender studies as a subject, the book can serve as a class text or reference resource. Seminaries and theological institutions will also find it handy for training and mentoring Christians to promote equity in the church, ministry, business, and family.
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"The Quest for Biblical Equity in Leadership is good
biblical scholarship and engaging story-telling from a fresh
African perspective that will provide new insights to readers from
any continent."
--Brad Smith, President, Bakke Graduate University
"This book . . . takes a particular issue of vital significance in
the modern world--gender equity--[and] provides fascinating
insights into a number of African cultures. It showcases some
excellent African scholarship from both male and female theologians
. . . and provides a fine example to the rest of the world of using
biblical principles to critique culture from the inside.
Congratulations to the editors and the writing team for producing
such a useful compilation."
--Mary Evans, Author; Former Vice-Principal and Old Testament
lecturer, London School of Theology
"I have witnessed first-hand how Jewel Hyun embodies the quest for
Biblical equity in leadership in Africa. Her faith-filled ministry
in Kenya is a wonder to behold, and transformational to experience.
As a result, the book in your hands is filled with Biblical wisdom
and practical implications that will stand the test of time."
--Stephen A. Macchia, Author; Founder and President, Leadership
Transformations, Inc.
- Title: The Quest for Gender Equity in Leadership: Biblical Teachings on Gender Equity and Illustrations of Transformation in Africa
- Authors: Diphus Chosefu Chemorion, KeumJu Jewel Hyun, Joseph D. Galgalo
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781498293341, 9781498293334, 9781498293358, 1498293344, 1498293336, 1498293352
- Resource ID: LLS:9781498293341
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-16T05:55:16Z
KeumJu Jewel Hyun is founder and president of Matthew 28
Ministries, Inc., focusing on Christian women's leadership
development and economic empowerment in Kenya. She is adjunct
professor of Theology of Work at Bakke Graduate University and
co-editor of Some Men Are Our Heroes: Stories by Women about the
Men Who Have Greatly Influenced Their Lives. Jewel holds a
Master of Arts and a Doctor of Ministries degree from
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, Massachusetts,
as well as a Master of Science degree in Nuclear Physics from
Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. She and her husband have two adult
children and four grandchildren.
Diphus C. Chemorion, an ordained minister, is director of
Postgraduate Studies and Associate Professor at St. Paul's
University, Kenya. He is the author of Community Participation
in Scripture Version Design: An Experiment in Translating Jonah
into Sabaot and Introduction to Christian Worldview: Meaning,
Origins and Perspectives. He also co-edited Contested Space:
Ethnicity and Religion in Kenya. He holds a Master of Theology
from Candle school of Theology, Emory University, and a Doctor of
Theology in Old Testament from Stellenbosch University, South
Africa.