Social Science Studies Cannot Define Gender Differences
As unwitting children of the Enlightenment, we seem to have a Tower of Babel–like craving for absolute certainty. And so both sides in the debate
June 23, 2014
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Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength
Black women are strong. At least that’s what everyone says and how they are constantly depicted. But what, exactly, does this strength entail? And what
June 18, 2014
More Thoughts on the Divine Gender …
It seems as though the topic of divine gender is spawning a great deal of conversation and debate these days. Amidst all the opinions, the calm
June 18, 2014
Year Zero
Pardon this mother, sir, but I’m not leaving. Most people seem to think He came to the world looking like that: a grown thirty-three-year-old man
June 17, 2014
The Annunciation, Anna, and Luke’s Egalitarianism
No synoptic gospel mentions more about females than Luke. Alfred Plummer referred to Luke’s gospel as the “Gospel of Women.”1 Half of Luke’s gospel is
June 17, 2014
Does 1 Timothy 2 Prohibit Women from Teaching, Leading, and Speaking in the Church?
The woman taught once, and ruined all. – John Chrysostom1 First Timothy 2:9–15 is a difficult passage to interpret, and there are many opinions about
June 17, 2014
Jesus and Paul on Women: Incomparable or Compatible?
Introduction Several years ago, a book that I edited appeared in print under the title Jesus and Paul Reconnected: Fresh Pathways into an Old Debate.1
June 17, 2014
An Examination of Jesus’s View of Women through Three Intercalations in the Gospel of Mark
Introduction A basic tenet in the hermeneutics of theology is to build a doctrine upon the clearer, or less disputed, passages and then interpret the
June 17, 2014
Fighting Words
As we think about the goal of gender equality for all, it’s easy to get caught up in competitive terminology. We may think that we
June 17, 2014
My Constant Ally: A (slightly belated) Father’s Day reflection
Father’s Day is a great opportunity to thank the men around us for the job they have done raising us. My experience is no different.
June 16, 2014