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3 Challenges To Men Who Believe In Gender Equality
By: Rachel Asproth | January 31, 2017
“Dark and difficult times lie ahead. Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.” –JK Rowling I can think of few quotes more relevant to men who believe in gender equality.
Truth Be Told: Leveraging Mujerista and Womanist Theologies for Ministry Among Victims and Survivors of Sex Trafficking
By: Valerie Geer | January 31, 2017
What theological insights should inform Christian ministry to victims and survivors of sex trafficking? Female theologians who are well-acquainted with histories of multiple forms of oppression should inform Christian practice. Therefore, mujerista (Spanish for “womanist”) and womanist scholars ought to be at the top of the list.
Against Eternal Submission: Changing the Doctrine of the Trinity Endangers the Doctrine of Salvation and Women
By: D. Glenn Butner | January 31, 2017
As complementarian theologians increasingly speak of the eternal functional subordination of the Son (hereafter EFS), they move a central pillar of the cathedral of Christian doctrine, unaware that such a change could bring down the entire edifice of Christian theology.
Incarnational Friendship: A Feminist- and Womanist-Inspired Revision of Luther’s “Happy Exchange” Theory of Atonement
By: Joseph Morgan-Smith | January 31, 2017
St. Luke tells us that the women who followed Jesus to the cross “were beating their breasts and wailing for him” (Luke 23:27 NRSV). Some feminist and womanist theologians still wail at the sight of the cross—they reject traditional theories of atonement that regard the torture and death of an innocent man as a [...]
Nurturing Voyeurism, Vibrant Sexism, and Violence: Why We Can’t (Yet) Afford to Forget about Wild at Heart
By: Philip T. Duncan | January 31, 2017
In Wild at Heart we find a space in which sexism and male dominance are not only vibrant, they are nurtured. The pervasive dual-sexism in Wild at Heart draws from complex cultural norms recapitulating modernist ideals about gender and perpetuating consumeristic attitudes toward women.
Editor's Reflections | Winter 2017
By: Jeff Miller | January 31, 2017
The theme of this issue of Priscilla Papers is Theology. The cover photo is Martin Luther, one of the world’s best-known theologians. He is the topic of one of our articles; moreover, 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.
Why Christians Don't Always Trust Emotional Appeals for Justice
By: Maureen Farrell Garcia | January 30, 2017
Some Christians see logic as the only trustworthy and effective way to communicate and receive knowledge. Unfortunately, there is not enough space in one post to systematically present the origins of this idea. In general, though the topic is a complex one, we can trace this concept from Ancient Greece, which gained momentum during the [...]
Understanding the Link Between Theology and Abuse: A Defense of Ruth Tucker's Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife
By: Maureen Farrell Garcia | January 30, 2017
If you haven’t yet read Ruth Tucker’s book, Black and White Bible, Black and Blue Wife, you should. Full disclosure: I have been reading her work for a few decades. Her work challenged me to reconsider what it meant to be created in God’s image as a female.
Torn Asunder: Children, the Myth of the Good Divorce, and the Recovery of Origins
January 22, 2017
Amid the current nationwide debate over what "marriage" is, this book examines anew the nature and meaning of marriage from the standpoint of what adult children of divorce have actually experienced.
How The Gospel Subverts Gender-Hierarchy
By: Tina Osterhouse | January 19, 2017
As a fourth grader at a local public school, I got into a classroom debate over the rights of women, and in particular, the right of mothers to work outside the home once they have children. The other outspoken Christian in my class, a boy hailing from an extremely conservative home, stated with deliberate clarity [...]