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Book Review: The Gospel According to Eve
By: Kurty Darling | March 13, 2020
What The Gospel According to Eve tells us is that throughout the entire history of the church, individuals have been fighting to show that female subordination cannot be supported by Scripture.
A Book for Every Week of Women’s History Month
By: Ellen Richard Vosburg | March 4, 2020
Women's History Month is all about focusing on the ways women have been integral players in history, whether we know about them or not. It's also a good time to stop and take note of our reading (or listening or watching) habits in terms of gender. Who are you reading regularly? Do you need to [...]
CBE International’s Favorite Books of 2019
By: CBE International | December 26, 2019
This list comprises some CBE staff favorites and picks from our bookstore that we wanted to highlight. Add these books to your 2020 reading list, and you’ll be off to an empowered and inspired year.
Book Review: 7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership
By: Dorothy Hines | December 17, 2019
In her book, 7 Deadly Sins of Women in Leadership, Kate Coleman outlines what she believes are the seven most destructive behaviors that women in leadership succumb to: limiting self-perceptions, failure to draw the line, inadequate personal vision, an unhealthy work-life rhythm, the ‘disease to please,' colluding instead of confronting, and neglecting family matters.
Book Review: The #MeToo Reckoning
By: Elizabeth Beyer | December 11, 2019
In The #MeToo Reckoning, Everhart invites readers to “explore two types of stories around sexual assault”—current stories in the Protestant church and biblical stories.
Book Review: Fully Alive
By: J.W. Wartick | November 8, 2019
Fully Alive ultimately falls victim to exactly what it professes to avoid. It claims to move beyond stereotypes, but instead turns them into a universalized application for all people everywhere.
Book Review: Vindicating the Vixens: Revisiting Sexualized, Vilified, and Marginalized Women of the Bible
By: Jeff Miller | October 31, 2019
Vindicating the Vixens is an important collection that takes a major step toward the goal expressed in its title. Its several essays vary in style, including a wide spectrum from academic to sermonic.
Book Review: Consider the Women: A Provocative Guide to Three Matriarchs of the Bible
By: Jeff Miller | October 31, 2019
The book lives up to its subtitle, A Provocative Guide. . . . Though it has some value, I do not recommend it without reservation, given her methods of interpretation noted above.
What the Bible Actually Teaches on Women
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | July 31, 2019
Giles, a longtime egalitarian, establishes what the Bible actually teaches by critiquing biblical arguments for the permanent subordination of women; in other words, Giles critiques complementarian theology and methodology.
Phoebe: A Story
By: Michaela Miller | July 31, 2019
Paula Gooder presents an imaginative telling of the life and ministry of Phoebe. She states that her purpose in writing this story is not simply to provide an entertaining novel, but also to inform readers of the reality behind the NT text.