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Agents of the Gospel or Secular Feminists?
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 5, 2017
We envision a world where women receive the same dignity and opportunities as men. Like the abolitionists, we seek to expose shallow biblical scholarship.
Is The Church Too Feminine?
By: Sarah Lindsay | February 20, 2017
I want to tackle the question of what it means to suggest that the church is “too feminine”: what does this claim mean, and does it have any merit? What does this idea of excess femininity suggest about how the church interacts with cultural ideas about masculinity and femininity?.
Incarnational Friendship: A Feminist- and Womanist-Inspired Revision of Luther’s “Happy Exchange” Theory of Atonement
By: Joseph Morgan-Smith | January 31, 2017
St. Luke tells us that the women who followed Jesus to the cross “were beating their breasts and wailing for him” (Luke 23:27 NRSV). Some feminist and womanist theologians still wail at the sight of the cross—they reject traditional theories of atonement that regard the torture and death of an innocent man as a [...]
Why I Make Such A "Big Deal" About Gender Equality
By: Tami Zacharias | December 1, 2016
In the past few years, numerous people have asked me why I make such a big deal about gender equality. Have I experienced such extreme inequality? What traumatic experience drives my activism? Why am I so passionate and outspoken about this issue? People often assume that a tragic event in my personal life led to [...]
Beyond Equality: Feminism and the Power of Naming
By: Rebecca Kotz | November 15, 2016
Defining feminism as an ambiguous ideology of “equality” may destigmatize the movement and get more people on the bandwagon, but doing so also neutralizes its power. Patriarchy, power, and privilege will certainly go unchallenged.
A Feminist's Take On The Cross: Justice Over Empire
By: Rachel Asproth | November 9, 2016
In a recent Arise article, Amy Buckley recounted an exchange between herself and a group of men who accused Christian feminists of using a hermeneutic of pain to interpret the Bible. It was their way of suggesting that feminists do not understand Scripture because they identify strongly with people who suffer.
6 Myths About Advocating for Women in Ministry
By: Debbie Fulthorp | October 18, 2016
Recently, I received a couple of e-mails from a few well-meaning friends suggesting that I tone it down with social media posts advocating for women in ministry. These friends suggested that my posts caused tension, made the church look bad, and would turn people away from attending church.
It's Time To Start Recognizing Sexism In the Church
By: Janel Apps Ramsey | September 27, 2016
Sometimes sexism is harsh, blatant, and outrageous. And sometimes it’s none of those things. There are blatant forms of sexism as well as more subtle forms of sexism. The latter can make women feel a little crazy when they attempt to point it out, because people tend to minimize experiences with subtle sexism as [...]
10 Practical Ways Men Can Empower Women
By: Rachel Asproth | September 21, 2016
It can be very difficult to know what makes a solid male ally, so I took a stab at answering that question. I’ve created a list of 10 ways men can act on their Christian feminism, with specific emphasis on the church.
How Christian Feminism Promotes Diversity in the Church
By: Alexis Waggoner | September 14, 2016
Women make up 19% of active duty service members in the Air Force. I’m a chaplain in the Air Force Reserves, and the numbers in my career field are even lower. The last statistics I saw reflected fewer than twenty female chaplains in the Reserves, out of about two hundred.