Paige Patterson Strikes Again

Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Seminary, has decided that women can no longer teach men at the Seminary. He has informed Hebrew Professor Dr. Sheri Klouda to look for another job. Here's a quote from Southwestern Trustee chair Van McClain:

Women have long taught at Southwestern outside the school of theology --in music and certain other areas. That continues. But under Dr. Patterson, the only woman still teaching in the school of theology is his wife, Dorothy. And she teaches women's studies courses that aren't attended by men, Dr. McClain said.

He added that precedent for women teaching theology in SBC seminaries is "extremely rare."

"I do not know of any women teaching in any of the SBC seminaries presently in the area of theology or biblical languages," Dr. McClain said. "In my estimation all of the seminaries have sought to be more consistent with most Southern Baptists' understanding of Scripture on the matter."

To his credit, SBC blogger Wade Burleson has written an extensive blog challenging Patterson for his overly restrictive view of the role of women. Here's a link to Burleson's blog.