Reading Spiritual Books by Women is About Embracing the Full Image of God
I was home visiting my parents recently when I noticed a book on the coffee table: 25 Books Every Christian Should Read: A Guide to
December 6, 2018
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Educated: A Memoir
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so
December 5, 2018
How Planting a Church Made Me Reconsider My Beliefs about Gender Roles
“Kay should be an elder.” It was handwritten in black sharpie on a big white page—just one quote among many others on one of those
December 3, 2018
We Can’t Ignore Rape in the Bible, Not If We Want to End Sexual Violence
Trigger warning: This article recounts Bible passages that contain graphic violence against women. Read with caution. I’m a first year student in Divinity School with
November 29, 2018
Book Review: Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
As I begin this review, I need to acknowledge that I was a teenager in the evangelical church as so-called “purity culture”—a term that refers
November 19, 2018
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity’s purity culture has had on a
November 18, 2018
How American Evangelicalism Has Been Weaponized Against Women
In 1995, economists discovered that 100 million females had vanished. Today, that number may be as high as 200 million according to Amartya Sen, a
November 15, 2018
Book Review: She Preached the Word: Women’s Ordination in Modern America
She Preached the Word explores data around who supports women’s ordination in the United States, why, and the effects of women in ministry on those
November 13, 2018
How the System is Rigged against Latinas and What the Church Can Do to Help
As a child growing up in a poor immigrant community, my dreams were limited by what I saw around me. We were survivors, but we
November 13, 2018
She Preached the Word: Women’s Ordination in Modern America
She Preached the Word is a landmark study of women’s ordination in contemporary American congregations. In this groundbreaking work, Benjamin R. Knoll and Cammie Jo Bolin
November 12, 2018