Exquisitely researched and thoroughly reasoned, Excavating Women: The Archaeology of Leaders in Early Christianity traces archaeological markers used to honor women leaders in pre- and
The Greco-Roman world of the first few centuries AD was no place of equality for women. Just as the perspective on women affected daily life
Women’s roles and responsibilities have been debated for centuries. Today, this debate has two distinct sides within evangelicalism: egalitarianism and complementarianism. Though, in theory, such
There are various views concerning Paul’s writings on women. He is seen both as a misogynist and a philogynist. When we look at Pauline texts
A lecture presented at “Time to Wake Up: Racism in the World Church,” a conference hosted by the George W. Truett Theological Seminary, February 2024.
Beth Allison Barr describes her book, Becoming the Pastor’s Wife: How Marriage Replaced Ordination as a Woman’s Path to Ministry, as “the history of how
Download a PDF version of this article. The mid-1600s was a wild time in church history, much more than most people realize. With the changes
Download a PDF version of this article. In 1894, The Scottish Geographical Magazine published an article, “My experiences in Tibet,” by Annie Royale Taylor. The
One of the more subtle consequences of the Reformation is the way iconoclasm shaped our ability to recognize the metaphors of Scripture. Protestants in the
Exodus 2:1–10, often referred to as Moses’s birth narrative, initially caught my attention because of the number of women in the story. I wondered about