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Book Review: When Going with the Flow Isn't Enough
By: Cynthia Mitchell | December 12, 2017
At a time when our society is deeply divided along many cultural lines, it is refreshing to find a book that is written with altruism. While Mary Detweiler clearly advocates for gender equality within the Christian church, she does so with charity and thoughtfulness. The writing is clear and concise and grace filled—as becomes [...]
Book Review: The Wisdom of the Beguines
By: Woodrow E. Walton | December 12, 2017
The Beguines represented a broad spectrum of women of differing backgrounds who gave their lives and means to help the destitute, the ill, the downtrodden, and the homeless. Laura Swan’s history of the Beguines is the first good complete treatment of the Beguines that this reviewer has ever seen.
Book Review: Made to Lead: Empowering Women for Ministry
By: Patricia D. Kissell | December 7, 2017
This 120-page book is one of the most powerful books on empowering women for ministry I have ever read. I might even say it is the best I have ever read. Nicole Massie Martin, an ordained minister, speaks from the trenches. The content is honest, down to earth, truthful, convicting, and painful.
Book Review: Underdogs and Outsiders: A Bible Study on the Untold Stories of Advent
By: Jennifer Klauth | November 14, 2017
In Underdogs and Outsiders, author Tom Fuerst brings new light to understanding the importance of the women Jesus selected to be a part of his genealogical line.
Book Review: The Methodist Defense of Women in Ministry
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | November 10, 2017
Mimi Haddad's forword to Paul Chilcote's The Methodist Defense of Women in Ministry.
Book Review: Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity
By: Molly Kate Brannock | October 31, 2017
The four-volume Dictionary of Daily Life in Biblical and Post-Biblical Antiquity (DDL) provides a well-rounded overview of life not only across time periods but also across the several cultures of the biblical world.
Book Review: Gender Roles and the People of God
By: Dorothy Greco | October 31, 2017
Theologian and author Alice Mathews recently said in a Christianity Today interview with Hannah Anderson, “Satan knows that if he can keep women out of service, in the church and in the world, he will have won an enormous victory.” Mathews’s most recent book, Gender Roles and the People of God, takes back some [...]
Book Review: Emboldened: A Vision for Empowering Women in Ministry
By: Mandy Smith | October 31, 2017
Tara Beth Leach’s book, Emboldened, takes me to the same place, where there is room for women’s burdens and for an imagination of what could be possible if we really did this thing we are called to do. With unapologetically maternal warmth and authority, Tara Beth sits with readers like a big sister. [...]
10 Resources On Domestic Violence Christians Should Read
By: CBE International | October 18, 2017
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and in recognition of the pressing need for Christian resources on domestic violence, CBE Bookstore would like to recommend these ten resources:
Book Review: A Call to Action
By: Emilina Guimont | October 17, 2017
In his book, A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence and Power, former President Jimmy Carter gives readers a look into his fight for women’s equality in his early life, presidency, and involvement in the Elders Organization. This book serves as an urgent message to both developed and developing nations regarding the inequality, oppression, [...]