Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | Summer 2023
An interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed academic journal exploring Bible interpretation, theology, church history, and other disciplines as they address a biblical view of women’s equality and justice in the home, church, and world.
"Priscilla and Aquila instructed Apollos more perfectly in the way of the Lord." (Acts 18:26)
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Summer 2023
Volume: 37 | Number: 3
Culture
The Bible was written within ancient cultures and has always been read within cultures.
Contents
The Summer issue of Priscilla Papers includes five articles and a sermon that examine how culture influences society's understanding of gender roles.
Read within its cultural context, 1 Corinthians 11:3–16 grants women a position of freedom and honor within the church.
Paul’s instructions in Ephesians 5 and 1 Timothy 2 are context-dependent applications of Christian principles. We too should carefully work our way through cultural boundaries as we proclaim the gospel.
The Bakht Singh Assemblies, an Indian indigenous denomination established in the mid-twentieth century, promoted gender egalitarianism as it engaged the caste question.
The Bible tells of many married women who acted with independent agency, with or without their husbands.
Learning from ancient theologians and from twenty-first-century African Christians can help Christians worldwide grow in theological maturity. They help us, for example, understand that the grammatical gender of pronouns referring to God varies from language to language.
A closer look at sōphrosunē, often translated "propriety" or "modesty," in 1 Timothy 2.
This book about indigenous, First Nations theology emphasizes the leadership of women.