Gender Injustice Destroys the Whole Family
I have had a burden for women for about ten years, but, with my African background of marginalization and oppression of women, I had failed
September 12, 2014
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Gender Justice
An important point out of which spring many of our contemporary problems in relation to gender justice is our failure to start from the right
September 12, 2014
The Hands That Dress
It’s the gown that weighed her down The costume she wore was the cause for her to drown “She slipped,” they say but she didn’t
September 12, 2014
Editor’s Reflections | Summer 2007 (21.3)
When Aída and I were living and ministering in the center of Newark, New Jersey, first as interns in the summer of 1970 and then
September 10, 2014
New Lenses for Viewing Submission
Introduction Jesus said, “If your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light” (Matt. 6:22, Luke 11:34 RSV). Jesus also starkly commanded,
September 10, 2014
Sarah’s Submission
Introduction In chapter 3 of his first letter, Peter1 draws an analogy between Christian wives of the first century and the Old Testament matriarch Sarah.
September 10, 2014
God as Mother, Not Mother as God: A Biblical Feminist Response to the “New Feminism”
In Boston Globe Magazine (February 25, 1990), Kathleen Hirsch wrote an extended article called “Feminism’s New Face,” subtitled, “Some Feminists are discovering what they see
September 10, 2014
Met with Dancing
Introduction Gender does not exist alone, but is, in fact, a social construct.1 A woman is part of a community that defines and shapes the
September 10, 2014
How Subjection Harms Congolese Women
In many ways, women in the Republic of Congo are like others everywhere: they have emotional, physical, spiritual, and intellectual desires and ambitions, filled with
September 9, 2014
Ironing
Long ago, my mother sought to teach a shirt to iron itself. At first, it took offense that she would think it had wrinkles. But
September 9, 2014