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Beyond Equality: Feminism and the Power of Naming
By: Rebecca Kotz | November 15, 2016
Defining feminism as an ambiguous ideology of “equality” may destigmatize the movement and get more people on the bandwagon, but doing so also neutralizes its power. Patriarchy, power, and privilege will certainly go unchallenged.
A Feminist's Take On The Cross: Justice Over Empire
By: Rachel Asproth | November 9, 2016
In a recent Arise article, Amy Buckley recounted an exchange between herself and a group of men who accused Christian feminists of using a hermeneutic of pain to interpret the Bible. It was their way of suggesting that feminists do not understand Scripture because they identify strongly with people who suffer.
Gender Hierarchy in Genesis: Distortions, Not Directives
By: Alexis Waggoner | November 3, 2016
I don’t really like reading the creation story. This is partly because I skip ahead to what is often described as the “sin story.” I don’t like being told that “the man shall rule over” me (Gen 3:16). To Christians who do not ascribe to gender equality, this verse is prescriptive. It’s used [...]
Preserving the Trinity
By: CBE International | November 1, 2016
In CBE's 2016 ETS journal, authors weigh in on the debate over whether the Son is permanently subordinate to the Father within the Trinity, and on the implications of this view on other theological matters.
Does Male-Headship Theology Dehumanize Women?: Part 2
By: Leah Ross | November 1, 2016
There is an ongoing debate in the church around the role and nature of women. Two groups aim to answer this question, each very differently: complementarians and egalitarians.
“Favored as We Are”: Early Protestant Missions, Cultural Imperialism, and the Liberating Power of the Bible
By: Hannah Nation | October 31, 2016
Ultimately, the work of American women in missions would teach women in the non-Western world that “they are not an inferior race of creatures; but stand upon a par with men.”
Alexander Campbell and the Status of Women
By: Lesly F. Massey | October 31, 2016
Those in the Stone-Campbell Movement who, in contrast, supported increasing women’s rights in the nineteenth-century were able to do so by rejecting the traditional interpretation of relevant biblical texts.
A Life of Study, Prayer, and Action
By: Asa James Swan | October 31, 2016
Since the beginning of the feminist movement over a century ago, historians have debated the role religion played in the lives of the great British women’s rights leaders.
A Tribute to Alvera Mickelsen
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | October 31, 2016
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, Alvera Mickelsen was welcomed into the loving arms of Jesus. Our beloved leader, mentor, mother, and friend died at the age of ninety-seven.
Editor's Reflections | Autumn 2016 (30.4)
By: Jeff Miller | October 31, 2016
This issue of Priscilla Papers assesses the contributions of a handful of nineteenth-century leaders.