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Imaging God: Another Evangelical Perspective
By: Kari Cunningham Ifland | October 31, 1995
Have you ever felt uncomfortable in a church service because of the overwhelming number of masculine references to God? Have you ever found yourself changing the words to a hymn as you sing in order to be more inclusive? Have you ever found yourself counting the number of times a masculine reference is spoken, prayed [...]
Language and Limitations
By: Virginia Hearn | October 31, 1995
In my writing I have generally used traditional “male” language for God: he, his, him. Although I do not regard God as a “Super Male in the Sky,” I grew up hearing and reading those male pronouns for God, and the use of them comes naturally to me
Is “Inclusive Language” Theologically Sound, Or Just This Year’s Fashion?
By: Eve MacMaster | October 31, 1995
The Church is on the defensive these days, attacked by feminists for her long history of condoning patriarchy. Much of the criticism is valid, and most denominations are working hard, as they did when accused of racism, to atone and amend for past and present sins of sexism.
Editing and Choosing Hymns for Inclusive Language
By: Michael Rathke | July 31, 1993
The following set of guidelines is intended as a tool for pastors, musicians, and lay people who are in a position of editing or selecting existing hymn texts. While these suggestions have been written primarily with hymnody in mind, they may also prove useful at times for spoken prayers.
Why We’ve Missed the Mark
By: Frances Hiebert | April 30, 1989
Biblical feminists, as opposed to other feminists outside and within the church, accept the full authority of all Scripture for all the people of God. But they recognize, with all modern people, that we do not absorb Scripture in its pure form into our understanding. Like anything else we read, reading Scripture is an interpretive [...]
An Illustration of the Greek Notion of "Head" as "Source"
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | July 30, 1987
The biblical insistence that the source of woman lay in man means that woman is fully human and fully equal because she partakes of the same substance as man, "bone of his bone and flesh of his flesh." She too is made in God's image (Genesis 5: 1-3).