Book Review: Marriage Made in Eden
Alice Mathews and M. Gay Hubbard write an extraordinary book about Christian marriage and family. The book’s purpose is to explore God’s perspective on marriage,
April 13, 2017
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Book Review: Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Women and Pauline Communities
I was very pleased to be asked to review Bruce Winter’s book on women in first century Roman society and the Pauline churches. Bruce and
April 13, 2017
Book Review: Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life
Evangelical Identity and Gendered Family Life, by Oregon State University sociology professor Sally K. Gallagher, is a detailed study of evangelical attitudes toward gender and
April 12, 2017
Book Review: Men and Women in the Church: Building Consensus on Christian Leadership
Sarah Sumner writes an apologetic that is especially helpful to dissatisfied complementarians who do not want to see themselves as “feminists.” She wants the Christian
April 12, 2017
Book Review: How Religious Women View Feminism: God Gave Us the Right
In this carefully done ethnographic study, religion professor Christel Manning offers an intriguing assessment of the lives and beliefs of women in conservative religious traditions
April 12, 2017
Book Review: A Hero from Yesterday: Phoebe Palmer’s The Promise of the Father
I wish I had encountered Phoebe Palmer (1807-74) about 25 years ago when wrestling with the issue of the role of women in the church
April 12, 2017
Book Review: Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:9-15
After a woman pastor, who had preached in college chapel, spoke in my Women in the Bible class, two women students challenged her right to
April 12, 2017
Book Review: God’s Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission
God’s Daughters is an ethnographic analysis of Women’s Aglow Fellowship, a 30-year-old women’s organization that originally developed out of the Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship
April 12, 2017
Book Review: Dismantling the Dualisms for American Pentecostal Women in Ministry: A Feminist-Pneumatological Approach
Lisa Stephenson relates the purpose of her book in her concluding chapter rather than in her introduction. Her purpose is to address the theological tenets
April 12, 2017
Book Review: Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women
Daughters of Islam: Building Bridges with Muslim Women is a wonderfully relevant book for Christians who have little knowledge of Islam or the people who
April 12, 2017