DescriptionBecause feminism is concerned with equality for men and women and the interrogation of gender as a socially constructed phenomenon, evangelicalism is traditionally viewed a movement counter to feminist viewpoints. Although evangelicalism understands gender as being biblically based on the “creation order,” in terms of separate roles, male headship and women’s submission, the ways in which feminist ideology and evangelicalism interact shows that evangelicalism cannot be easily dismissed as strictly counter to feminist ideas. Changes in gender role ideology show that a significant minority of evangelicals fall somewhere in between a traditional and more egalitarian view of gender roles in the church and home. Exploring gender role ideology in the context of the evangelical movement will show that contradictions within the movement reveal that “ideology and practice do not always correspond” (Colaner 101). Through scholarly research, interviews and personal experience, I will illustrate that the evangelical movement’s engagement with contemporary society—especially since the rise of biblical feminism—has led to a mixture of traditional values and more progressive, liberal views by a small portion of its followers.