Women Priests and the Image of God
In this article, I examine the reasons that C. S. Lewis, a Christian apologist, Anglican layman, and medieval scholar, used to argue against women as
May 21, 2020
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Women Leaders at the Table in Early Churches
The purpose of this article is to examine the oldest surviving iconographic artifacts that depict early Christians in real churches at the Eucharist table. These
May 21, 2020
Mary and Martha: Celebrating the Gifts of Others
I want to begin this morning with a story about my family, a story about my sister and me. My sister is younger than me,
May 21, 2020
Exploring the Garden of Feminine Motifs in Songs of Songs
Song of Songs is filled with subtle but powerful metaphors and motifs that teach about the beauty, power, and nature of erotic love, as well
May 21, 2020
Editor’s Reflection: Spring 2020
Journals serve to advance academic and professional disciplines. Typically, the field of inquiry that a journal is seeking to advance is evident from its title.
May 21, 2020
What Katharine Bushnell Still Has to Teach Us Today
Catherine Kroeger, the founding president of Christians for Biblical Equality, stated, “although women had made forays into the field of biblical interpretation, it was to
February 10, 2020
“Let Your Yes Be Yes”: Progressing Toward Female Ordination in the Mar Thoma Church
A law is only effective if it is implemented, even as a church’s position on theological issues does not further its mission if there is
February 10, 2020
A New Family: Jesus and the Coming of the Kingdom of God Reorient the Role of Women in God’s Mission
A thread woven throughout the ministry and teaching of Jesus is the in-breaking of the kingdom of God. Prominently, God’s kingdom brings dynamic implications: healing
February 10, 2020
“Precious Food of True Life”: Christ Our Mother, Female Embodiment, and the Eucharist in Julian of Norwich’s Revelations of Divine Love
The embodiment of Christ is central to the Christian faith as we confess God incarnate. The second person of the Trinity taking on flesh is
February 10, 2020
The Case of Virgin Rape: Deuteronomy 22
In 2012, sixteen-year-old Amina Filali killed herself by ingesting rat poison after being forced to marry her rapist by the Moroccan judicial system.1 While the
February 10, 2020