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Biological Determinism and the "Oughtness" of Manhood
By: Aaron Sathyanesan | August 12, 2015
“You are nothing but a product of your biology.” I’ve heard this statement in different forms over the years, from popular media to large volumes of scholarly work, from the progressive left and the traditionalist right, from scientist and non-scientist alike. The specific mode of thinking—that your genes ultimately determine your identity, and [...]
The Motivation to Achieve: Do Gender Differences Influence Our Place in Ministry
By: Susan Harris Howell | August 1, 2015
This recording explores current research on gender differences in achievement motivation and draws implications from this research to the manner in which men and women find their place of service within the church.
Will Gender Equality Be Achieved?
By: Susan Harris Howell, Cameron Schatt | July 31, 2015
Over the past several decades, women have made strides toward equality in the secular world as well as the church. While some claim these changes have happened too quickly and mourn what they see as the loss of tradition, others believe they have been too long in coming and lament that we still have so [...]
4 More Sexist Myths That The Church Should Reject
By: Rachel Asproth | July 31, 2015
In my last article, "4 Sexist Myths That The Church Should Reject," I did my best to dismantle four sexist myths that have caused significant pain and division in the church. I wasn’t going to add to my list, but after many of you responded with sexist cultural myths of your own, I could see [...]
How Stories Help Us Think About Structures
By: Emily Louise Zimbrick-Rogers | July 29, 2015
My conference workshop, "A Question Mark Over My Head: Learning From the Narratives of Female Theologians in the Evangelical Academy," presented the voices of evangelical women theologians--the struggles and the triumphs, the creative ways in which they are following God's call, and their insight on the state of the church and the evangelical academy.
Book Review: Women As Global Leaders: Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice
By: Kate Netzler Burch | June 4, 2015
Women As Global Leaders outlines the gaps in current research and points us in a clear direction for future study and consideration. While not overtly religious, this resource is a challenge to CBE readers to take equality to the next level and to consider what true leadership can look like, regardless of gender, on the [...]
The Formation of Gender Identity in Child Development
By: Jamin Hübner | May 6, 2015
It is hard to understate the influence of childhood experience. In a very real sense, the past makes us who we are. Some of the most vivid recollections human beings have are from childhood. Psychologists, counselors, and other social researchers tell us that the first phases of a person’s life—whether from birth to [...]
How I Came To Fight My Womanhood
By: Esther Emery | May 6, 2015
My internalized fear of being a woman—of being trapped a woman—contributed to a decade of disordered eating behavior and self-harm. I literally tried to lift out of my body.
Book Review: Too Heavy a Yoke: Black Women and the Burden of Strength
By: Sarah Lindsay | April 10, 2015
Too Heavy A Yoke is an important and accessible resource for understanding the ways in which racism and sexism—both historical and contemporary—impacts the lives of black women. I finished the book with a much better understanding of the historical and contemporary social pressures on constructions of black womanhood.
Women As Global Leaders: Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice
February 1, 2015
The purpose of this volume is to provide the reader with current conceptualizations and theory related to women as global leaders, recent empirical investigations of the phenomenon, analysis of effective global leadership development programs, and portraits of women who lead, or have led, in a global role.