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Defiant: What the Women of Exodus Teach Us about Freedom
By: Kelley Nikondeha | March 24, 2020
Defiant is about the deep work women do to create conditions for liberation in their church, community, and country.
What Katharine Bushnell Still Has to Teach Us Today
By: Julie Walsh | January 31, 2020
Catherine Kroeger, the founding president of CBE, stated, “although women had made forays into the field of biblical interpretation, it was to be Katharine Bushnell who would bring out the heavy artillery.”
The Case of Virgin Rape: Deuteronomy 22
By: Jessica Stefick | January 31, 2020
Having evaluated the literary and cultural context of Deut 22:28–29, it is clear that its primary sociological and theological intentions reflect three prominent patriarchal themes.
Mary for Teen Moms: Chosen by God
By: Joyce del Rosario | December 13, 2019
God called Mary to something much greater than her social location. I find it comforting to note that she was called “highly favored” before she said yes to God. It wasn’t her obedience that made her highly favored.
Shine in the Darkness
By: Shane Claiborne | August 1, 2019
Women throughout history have been at the forefront of the holy resistance to violence and hatred and death.
The Very Good News for Women for Such a Time as This?
By: Lisa Sharon Harper | August 1, 2019
Lisa Sharon Harper takes us back to the beginning with deep exploration of Genesis 1-3 and considers its profound implications on the lives and calling of women right now.
Book Review: Mystics and Misfits
By: Linda Putnam | February 27, 2018
Mystics and Misfits contains encouragement to lean deeper into relationship with God, going beyond intellectual assent and rational belief, into profound transformation by his love.
Book Review: Shalom Sistas: Living Wholeheartedly in a Brokenhearted World
By: Amy F. Davis Abdallah | January 3, 2018
Overall, Shalom Sistas is a fun read. It’s not too heavy on theology, but not without it. It’s primarily story-based, but also teaches the reader the peacemaking way of life. It’s humorous, but the reader will sometimes find herself crying. At the end of the day, it’s worth taking the time [...]
Prophetic Dissent in the Sanctuary
By: Rachel Asproth | June 5, 2017
Recently, someone asked my thoughts on racial segregation in the US church on Sunday mornings: “How will we ever move forward together, as a unified church, if people of color don’t forgive us for the past?”
3 Ways Women Shape Theology
By: Rachel Asproth | March 24, 2017
What happens when the hall of theology becomes an echo chamber? What happens when half the sky meets God but the church doesn’t want to hear their story? What happens when the theological insights of women are pressed to the margins of Christianity?