Constructing Meaning and Group Identity Through the Gender Debate: The Case of Dutch Reformed Pietists on the Platform ‘Biblical Council M/F’

In this study, we examined the gender debate within the conservative Dutch reformed pietist community. Using social scientific methods, we conducted an empirical analysis of 65 opinion articles on the platform ‘Biblical Council M/F’, to analyze how theological interpretations of gender and gender diversity functioned in the context of processes of meaning making and construction of group identity. Selected articles referred to either ‘gender ideology’ or ‘order of creation’ (terminology used on