Families and gender equality: Practice Questions

• a.

  It is exclusively focused on the role of the mother as the sole educator.

• b.

  It consists only of parents and children living in a single household.

• c.

  It involves multiple generations providing a wider support network for educating children in the faith.

• d.

  It requires the complete isolation of the family from the local religious community.

• a.A family consisting of three or more generations living in the same household.
• b.A couple and their dependent children regarded as a basic social unit.
• c.A family structure where the father has absolute authority over all gender roles.
• d.A household consisting of only siblings living together without parents.

• a.

  The nuclear family ensures that gender roles remain identical, which is a core requirement of the Ten Commandments.

• b.

  It is the only family structure mentioned in the Old Testament as being capable of holiness.

• c.

  Jesus lived within a nuclear family throughout his entire ministry and commanded all followers to do the same.

• d.

  It is believed to provide the most stable environment for procreation and educating children in their faith.

• a.

  Reconciling the belief that children need both a mother and a father with the religious duty to show love to all families.

• b.

  The view that only extended families are mentioned in the New Testament.

• c.

  The belief that children raised by same-sex parents cannot be legally baptized.

• d.

  The requirement that all nuclear families must have at least four children to be valid.

• a.Men and women must perform identical tasks in all aspects of life to reflect the image of God.
• b.Gender is a social construct with no basis in biblical creation accounts.
• c.Men and women are created equal in value but have different, distinct roles and responsibilities in the family and church.
• d.Women are inherently more spiritual than men and should therefore lead all religious ceremonies.

Write your answer out first, then check it against the worked solution.