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How Jesus Defies American and Roman Masculinity
By: Sandra Glahn | March 5, 2014
In a world in which real men didn’t cry, Jesus wept. In a world in which masculine men didn’t characterize themselves as women, Jesus compared himself to a hen, and his Father to a woman who lost a coin. In a weapon-wielding world, Jesus told Peter his sword was out of place.
First Man Standing: Men and Sexual Violence
By: Peter Grant | March 5, 2014
My world changed in 2008 when I listened to a Namibian woman speak about her experience of being raped three times as a teenager. I was aware that violence against women was an important issue, but it had not affected my heart. I felt God challenging me about what kind of world we had created—a [...]
Masculinity: An Egalitarian's Thoughts
By: Susan Harris Howell | March 5, 2014
Ask one hundred people “What does it mean to be masculine?” and you will likely get a hundred different answers, along with a fair amount of blank stares and blinking eyes. When I posed the question, rather unscientifically, to a few people hanging around our campus’s social science building, I got a variety of [...]
Reflect with Us: Manly Men, Common Clay Pots, and a Harvest of Good Deeds
By: Jo Ellen Heil | March 5, 2014
Worldly stereotypes about men abound. Movie-goers watch jet-setting spies spring back to life after leaping out of airplanes. Professional athletes are valued for their physical prowess. Romance readers lust after rugged cowboys. Gamers pretend they are militaristic superheroes. And Wall Street applauds twenty-something billionaires.
Confined to Caricature: Moving past the stereotypes of masculinity that harm both men and women
By: Don Neufeld | March 5, 2014
If violence, abuse, and discrimination against women are the fruits of patriarchy, its seed is the distortion of God’s image in each of us. Patriarchy paints caricatures of feminine and masculine identity, and when these messages fall on fertile soil—a culture that will embrace these images—they grow into the next generation of [...]
Agents of Reconciliation
By: W. Tali Hairston | March 5, 2014
“Who do people say the Son of Man is?” Jesus asked this question of the disciples (Matt. 16:13–19) after warning his followers about the false teachings of the Pharisees and Sadducees, who had been hounding Jesus for a sign from heaven to validate his identity as Messiah. This was done to test or disprove Jesus. Asking [...]
Zilpha Elaw: Sanctifying Power
By: Hilary Ritchie | March 5, 2014
During the eighteenth century, the United States was not a particularly welcoming place for women looking to speak their minds—especially not African American women looking to speak their minds. But that did not stop God from blessing strong women to speak his words to people who needed to hear. Zilpha Elaw was one such [...]
The Forgotten Sisters
By: Jeff Miller | March 4, 2014
In this blog I am arguing that adelphoí should sometimes be translated as “brothers and sisters” or “siblings,” not only when it symbolizes a spiritual relationship, but also when it is used of actual family members.
Power and the Brain
By: Susan Harris Howell | March 2, 2014
An imbalance of power has actually been linked to brain functioning. According to Dacher Keltner, Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, people with power share similarities with those who have damaged frontal lobes, a part of the brain which facilitates empathy and socially-appropriate behavior.
Star Wars and Biblical Equality
February 28, 2014
Although Star Wars is not a story intentionally made to be a Christian allegory, many themes do demonstrate Christ-like morals, actions, ideas, and principles. For all of you Star Wars fans, and even those who know little about these popular movies and books, you will find the resounding truth in Star Wars to be very [...]