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My Leisure Suit Education
January 4, 2006
Christine Rosen who I like and respect has written a new book - My Fundamentalist Education. I came across an intriguing review in OpinionJournal. It doesn't sound as if she is very charitable.
I grew up resisting the leisure suits, jumper dresses, no make-up and long braided hair of my fundamentalist friends. I prided myself in short skirts, stylish hair and tasteful make-up - and yet still a Christian. Pride is the word. I judged by outward appearances - they judged me by outward appearances. Whether it is dress, smell or color of our skin how easy it is to judge on outward appearances.
It sounds like Christine Rosen received an excellent education. She has gone on to write insightfully about sex differences, eugenics and religion. She has learned the Bible, was taught to love reading, honed her writing skills. Her fundamentalist education served her well. Faced with today's public schools and politically correct educational mandates I believe she would make similar choices for her children.
Next time a visiting preacher has on a dated suit, a tie with a lapel pin that is so 60's, and talks about his modestly dressed children I hope I can open my Bible and ask the Holy Spirit to open my eyes and heart to the Word of God.
Update: A good book about the legalism that Christine Rosen is rebelling against and that is food for thought for everyone is David Swavely's Who are you to Judge?, reviewed here and here.
