Anne Linstatter

Anne Linstatter taught women & religion at California State University, Northridge, and wrote “The Persistence of Patriarchy” in 2010. A founding member of EEWC-CFT, she blogs and writes from Santa Monica, California. Her pro-choice book, Abortion—My Choice, God’s Grace: Christian Women Tell Their Stories appeared in 1994. She enjoys picketing, marching, and going under cover to visit churches that don’t let women preach or become elders.

History/Theology, Sex/Gender/JusticeJuly 16, 2018

The Southern Baptists Dumped a Predator or Two, but Let’s Hold Off on the F-word

By Anne Linstatter

The #metoo and #churchtoo movements have put SBC leaders on the defensive, as earlier revelations of widespread child sexual abuse by priests did to the all-male Roman Catholic hierarchy. Yet both groups continue to deny that there could be any connection between all-male power and the sexual abuse of women and children.