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A former president of the Southern Baptist Convention is saddened at what he sees as the "feminization" of church and society.Recently, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) began offering a Bachelor of Arts in humanities with a concentration in homemaking. SWBTS president Dr. Paige Patterson said the course is a way to help solidify and define the biblical roles of the family and home, although he said that families are free to make their own decisions about whether a wife will work outside the home.The course has been blasted by many-not only in the secular world, but also in evangelical circles, including some Southern Baptist officials.Patterson says Southern Baptists are swimming against the tide of "feminism," and that society-especially higher education-makes every effort to target women."60% of all your college and university students are now female. Somebody said, 'Well, you're opposed to that?' No, I'm thrilled to death that they're in upper-level education, as far as women are concerned," says Patterson. "But I think it is absolutely tragic that only 40zz5 of the students are men. What that means is that increasingly, our country will not have a male intelligentsia," he stated.Dr. Patterson says if that trend continues, the US will eventually follow in the footsteps of France and England when it comes to social policies and politics.As in the days of Noah...
