Mutual submission, mutual respect: Reciprocal enkanyit in Ephesians 5 in the Maasai context

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dc.creatorBarron, Joshua Robert
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-31T17:07:16Z
dc.date.available2024-01-31T17:07:16Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIn Ephesians 5:21, Paul enjoins all Christians to live in mutual submission to each other out of reverence for Christ. In the verses that follow, Paul describes what this mutual submission should look like in practice. Some interpreters neglect the intimate connection which Eph 5:22-6:9 shares with the preceding verses in chapter 5. Indeed, the mutual submission of verse 21 is not only the conclusion of the 5:1-21 but is the foundation and title of 5:21-6:9. Failure to recognize this has led some to mock the very idea of mutual submission between husbands and wives. In the real world, this too often serves to justify unjust oppress ion and silencing of women within the Church. This article attempts to correct these errors. It also examines these issues in the context of Maasai culture and the traditional Maasai value of enkanyit (honour, mutual respect). A more careful exegesis of Ephesians 5 demonstrates that mutual submission provides the way for relational harmony between husbands and wives.en_US
dc.identifier.citationStellenbosch Theological Journal 7, no. 1 (2021): 1-34en_US
dc.identifier.issn2413-9467
dc.identifier.issn2413-9459
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11558/7843
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.17570/stj.2021.v7n1.a33
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherStellenbosch Theological Journalen_US
dc.subjectSubmission, mutualen_US
dc.subjectRespecten_US
dc.subjectEphesiansen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.subjectMaasaien_US
dc.titleMutual submission, mutual respect: Reciprocal enkanyit in Ephesians 5 in the Maasai contexten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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