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Daughter Divine: Proverbs’ Woman of Wisdom
By: Glenn Pemberton | April 30, 2018
Over the past forty years, the remarkable presence of women in Prov 1–9 has drawn an equally remarkable number of studies, a gift from the rise of feminism and women in the academy. The combination of these two forces brings attention to the once invisible women in the text, figures generally overlooked or ignored as males [...]
Women Prophets in the Old Testament
By: Christine Marchetti | April 30, 2018
This article investigates the female prophets of the OT, offering a close examination of their texts and contexts, with attention paid to the ways biblical writers, redactors, and commentators may have minimized their impact.
Deborah: Troublesome Woman or Woman of Valor?
By: Ronald W. Pierce | April 30, 2018
This paper argues that a close reading of Deborah's story and song reveals an ’eshet hayil, a “woman of valor” (cf. Ruth 3:11, Prov 12:4, 31:10). This is evident not only in the direct references to her, but also in the narratives regarding her associates Barak and Jael.
Biblical Porn: Affect, Labor, and Pastor Mark Driscoll’s Evangelical Empire
By: Jessica Johnson | April 30, 2018
Jessica Johnson examines how Mars Hill's congregants became entangled in processes of religious conviction. Johnson shows how they were affectively recruited into sexualized and militarized dynamics of power through the mobilization of what she calls "biblical porn"—the affective labor of communicating, promoting, and embodying Driscoll's teaching on biblical masculinity, femininity, and sexuality.
3 Lessons I Learned from the Stories of Women Immigrants
By: Susan Harris Howell, Shelby Barnett | April 25, 2018
Recently, in the small bowling alley where Shelby works, three immigrant women and eight children came to the counter to pay for their games. After Shelby realized that none of the women could speak English, one of them tried to apologize, saying, “Normally my husband…” Shelby asked if her husband usually did the talking. She [...]
Plot Twist: I Married an Elder & My Husband Married a Pastor
By: Sheri Bradley | April 23, 2018
The Sunday school teacher encouraged us to aspire to become elders’ wives when we grew up. We were never encouraged to focus on our own gifts for ministry. We were not encouraged to serve the kingdom as writers, singers, missionaries, or worship ministers, and certainly not as preachers.
Mystics and Misfits: Meeting God Through St. Francis and Other Unlikely Saints
By: Christiana N. Peterson | April 16, 2018
With untested ideals and a thirst for adventure, Christiana Peterson and her family moved to an intentional Christian farming community in the rural Midwest. It sounded like a simple and faithful way to follow Jesus, not to mention a great place to raise kids. In Mystics and Misfits, Peterson discovers that community life is never [...]
What Comes After the Hashtag: Justice in the Wake of #MeToo
By: Jodi Hansen | April 9, 2018
On a temperate Southern California evening in 1982, I was raped. It was one of those all-too-common stories of a college girl being assaulted at a party. It was also one of those well-hidden stories of a Christian male refusing to take “no” for an answer.
Women Pastors Need Not Apply
By: Jamé Bolds | April 9, 2018
Do we really embrace women in ministry? Do we hire them for teaching and executive leadership positions or do we throw up roadblocks and excuses for not passing the pastoral mantle to women?
Does "Man" Always Mean "Man" in the Bible?
By: Jeff Miller | April 4, 2018
Most evangelical egalitarians know that the Bible has words that mean “man/men” and words that mean “person/people, human(s).” Many egalitarians also know that some Bible translations use “man/men” to translate words which aren’t limited to men.