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Ancient History? Cultural-Historical Context Helps Us See That Women and Men Are Equal
By: Zenia Duell | August 3, 2022
We can only grasp the full meaning of God’s message for us—including the full equality of women and men—when we also understand the cultural-historical context of the biblical writers.
Elizabeth Johnson’s God-Talk Thirty Years Later: A Critique
By: Kimberly Dickson | April 30, 2022
Kim Dickson brings Pentecostalism, evangelicalism, and atonement theology into conversation with the work of feminist theologian Elizabeth Johnson.
Behold! A Great Cloud of Women Witnesses in the Early Church
By: Kimberly Dickson | March 30, 2022
There is a cloud of women witnesses who have gone before us and who are surely a great encouragement in our faith. Unfortunately, even our own seminaries overlook and misconstrue them.
God’s Attributes in Mothers
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 5, 2022
Studying the mother metaphors of God in Scripture helps us see how mothers can and do reflect God’s attributes.
A Religion of “Women and Children”? A Christian Woman’s Place in the Greco-Roman World Before AD 300
By: William B. Bowes | October 31, 2021
Amid the patriarchy of the ancient world, early Christianity had a particularly liberating and redemptive place for women, one significant enough to be mentioned by Christianity’s first major critic, the second-century philosopher Celsus.
Created in God’s Image: Theological and Social Impact
By: John Wijngaards† | October 31, 2021
Genesis teaches that men and women share the divine image equally and are therefore fully equal as human beings.
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Kelly Schmidt | April 30, 2021
In The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth, Beth Allison Barr shares her personal story of rejecting complementarian views on male headship and female submission.
The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Beth Allison Barr | April 10, 2021
Barr's historical insights provide context for contemporary teachings about women's roles in the church and help move the conversation forward.
A New Kind of Household
By: Amy Rowe | March 25, 2021
Historical context can be the key to understanding uncomfortable biblical texts. When we frame the household codes in Colossians through the lived experience of Paul, we find a surprising, liberating message.
Phoebe Through the Eyes of Paul
By: Julie R. Frady | March 25, 2021
Phoebe’s position in the church is debated. If she was a leader, some are sure she was an exception to the “rules” of 1 Cor. 14 and 1 Tim. 2. But what if Phoebe’s leadership represented the rule instead?