Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | Winter 2024
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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Winter 2024
Volume: 38 | Number: 1
Women and Christian Theology
Women came late into Christian theology, but made unique contributions to academia, to the church and to their culture.
Contents
The winter issue of Priscilla Papers includes six articles that examine the unique contributions women have made to Christian theology, academia, and the church.
A tribute to the late Dr Ann Loades by Mimi Haddad, who was privileged to have her as her doctoral supervisor at Durham University.
This St Andrews University School of Divinity 2022 Smith Lecture tracks pioneering women theologians from the 14th century Julian of Norwich onwards, showing how they made their contributions both while outside of and, later, from within academia.
Pandita Ramabai of India was an unorthodox theologian who, as a scholar of Hinduism and Christianity, approached Christology as a quest for truth.
The gendered identity marker of the community of faith in the Old Testament (circumcision) was replaced by a gender-neutral one in the New Testament (baptism), opening the doors to a concrete practice of egalitarian theology by way of women in leadership.
John’s theologically weighty metaphor of rebirth is insightfully feminine, underlining the Christian’s dependence on God.
John’s theologically weighty metaphor of rebirth is insightfully feminine, underlining the Christian’s dependence on God.