This idea of equality among all people did not integrate with the early church and their political agendas. During those emerging years, the church was attempting to establish its place in a patriarchal society. For this reason, the idea that men and woman should have equal status and roles is just not compatible to the perspective of that time period. Other critics believe that Schussler Fiorenza’s is attempting to modernize Jesus. By applying contemporary thinking to the study of Jesus, this egalitarian notion seems to fit our political philosophies, not those of Jesus’
This idea of equality among all people did not integrate with the early church and their political agendas. During those emerging years, the church was attempting to establish its place in a patriarchal society. For this reason, the idea that men and woman should have equal status and roles is just not compatible to the perspective of that time period. Other critics believe that Schussler Fiorenza’s is attempting to modernize Jesus. By applying contemporary thinking to the study of Jesus, this egalitarian notion seems to fit our political philosophies, not those of Jesus’