Fri Oct 12, 2012, 06:10 PM

dimbear (5,301 posts)

The unfolding Christopher Rollston affair..........

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/exploringourmatrix/2012/10/in-support-of-christopher-rollston.html

Since I have previously posted about the questionably reasonable actions of the Mormons in expelling members who believed in DNA science, it's only fair to bring up a mainline Christian scholar who is seemingly being punished for believing that women are treated shabbily in the Bible.

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11 replies	Author	Time	Post
The unfolding Christopher Rollston affair.......... (Original post)	dimbear	Oct 2012	OP
Emmanuel Cchristian Seminary is part of the Restoration Movement.	rug	Oct 2012	#1
More on Christopher Rollston.........	dimbear	Oct 2012	#2
Money talks. n/t	trotsky	Oct 2012	#3
On a related subject	Fortinbras Armstrong	Oct 2012	#4
"Marginalization of women in the OT marches on."	trotsky	Oct 2012	#5
Still more.......	dimbear	Oct 2012	#6
Hard To Believe, Sir, there Is Any Controversy About This Statement	The Magistrate	Oct 2012	#7
Call for support letters re the Rollston scandal:	dimbear	Nov 2012	#8
Christopher Rollston has resigned from Emmanuel, bowing to the inevitable. However, he has	dimbear	Dec 2012	#9
I suppose the settlement will be kept private.	okasha	Dec 2012	#10
Here's a nice summary of the debacle, very hopeful for Dr. Rollston and offering a fair rebuke to	dimbear	Dec 2012	#11

Response to dimbear (Original post)

Fri Oct 12, 2012, 06:55 PM

rug (48,229 posts)

1. Emmanuel Cchristian Seminary is part of the Restoration Movement.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration_Movement

This is one of its mottos:

"Where the Scriptures speak, we speak; where the Scriptures are silent, we are silent."

I'm not losing sleep over this.

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Tue Oct 16, 2012, 05:50 PM

dimbear (5,301 posts)

2. More on Christopher Rollston.........

http://aramaicdesigns.blogspot.com/2012/10/i-support-christopher-rollston.html

Perhaps the core issue is that the pressure to discipline Rollston doesn't originate with the school but with a donor. (If true.)

That's scraping the bottom of the bucket.

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Response to dimbear (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 08:03 AM

trotsky (33,132 posts)

3. Money talks. n/t

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Response to dimbear (Original post)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 09:26 AM

Fortinbras Armstrong (912 posts)

4. On a related subject

When I first started reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church, I came across Paragraph 489, which says in part "Against all human expectation God chooses those who were considered powerless and weak to show forth his faithfulness to his promises: Hannah, the mother of Samuel; Deborah; Ruth; Judith and Esther; and many other women."

Deborah, the judge and prophet of Israel, a woman holding genuine political power in a staunchly patriarchal society, "powerless and weak"? Judith, who singlehandedly slew Holofernes with his own sword, "powerless and weak"? Esther, who saved the Jews from Haman, "powerless and weak"? Would you call Ruth "powerless and weak"?

Marginalization of women in the OT marches on. What makes it worse is that the man (and it just has to be a man) who wrote this undoubtedly feels that he is praising these women.

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Response to Fortinbras Armstrong (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 17, 2012, 11:28 AM

trotsky (33,132 posts)

5. "Marginalization of women in the OT marches on."

Yes it does march on. The Catholic church is doing its best to keep women in their place.

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Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:23 PM

dimbear (5,301 posts)

6. Still more.......

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/15/seminary-threatens-discipline-professor-offending-prospective-students-donors

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Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:51 PM

The Magistrate (80,938 posts)

7. Hard To Believe, Sir, there Is Any Controversy About This Statement

What he says is flat fact.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 10:59 PM

dimbear (5,301 posts)

8. Call for support letters re the Rollston scandal:

http://robertcargill.com/2012/11/08/call-for-letters-in-support-of-christopher-rollston/

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Fri Dec 28, 2012, 11:25 PM

dimbear (5,301 posts)

9. Christopher Rollston has resigned from Emmanuel, bowing to the inevitable. However, he has

accepted a Visiting Professorship at George Washington University. One can only hope that whatever settlement took place was equitable to the very estimable Dr. Rollston.

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Response to dimbear (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 29, 2012, 04:28 PM

okasha (3,902 posts)

10. I suppose the settlement will be kept private.

In any case, the move to GWU is an enormous step upward in prestige and recognizes Dr. Rollston's contributions to his discipline.

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Response to okasha (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 04:19 PM

dimbear (5,301 posts)

11. Here's a nice summary of the debacle, very hopeful for Dr. Rollston and offering a fair rebuke to

the bad actors in the piece, from Robert Cargill:

http://robertcargill.com/2012/12/31/winners-and-losers-in-the-emmanuel-christian-seminary-scandal/

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