Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | Autumn 2016
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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Autumn 2016
Volume: 30 | Number: 4
Nineteenth-Century Voices
This issue of Priscilla Papers assesses the contributions of a handful of nineteenth-century leaders, including Josephine Butler, Alexander Campbell, and Katherine Bushnell.
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This issue of Priscilla Papers assesses the contributions of a handful of nineteenth-century leaders.
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, Alvera Mickelsen was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus. Our beloved leader, mentor, mother, and friend died at the age of ninety-seven.
Since the beginning of the feminist movement over a century ago, historians have debated the role religion played in the lives of the great British women’s rights leaders.
Those in the Stone-Campbell Movement who, in contrast, supported increasing women’s rights in the nineteenth-century were able to do so by rejecting the traditional interpretation of relevant biblical texts.
Ultimately, the work of American women in missions would teach women in the non-Western world that “they are not an inferior race of creatures; but stand upon a par with men.”
Through eight page-turning chapters, Kobes Du Mez introduces Bushnell within the context of American Protestantism where she rises to a “household word” (1).
I have read nothing quite like Elaine Storkey’s book, Scars Across Humanity. It tells the story of violence against women in today’s world. The book is very well researched and accessible; moreover, it is spine-chilling.
Nate Pyle is a pastor in Fishers, Indiana. His recent book, Man Enough, Pyle focuses on the often-ignored role of men and asks the question, “What makes a man?”
