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Book Review: Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of Our Lives
By: Aliyah Jacobs | August 7, 2015
Chapters of the Heart is one of the first collections of feminist and egalitarian stories as told by a feminine Jewish voice. These true stories range in theme from birth to death, mourning to learning, and loss to the stillness of older years.
Book Review: Feminist Theology from the Third World: A Reader
By: Nadia Andrilenas | July 24, 2015
Ursula King’s reader, Feminist Theology from the Third World brings together the diverse perspectives of women engaging in feminist theology, giving recognition and honor to the often absent or underrepresented voices of women of the Third World and women of color in the Unites States.
Book Review: Not Marked: Finding Hope and Healing after Sexual Abuse
By: Andrea Kulberg | July 10, 2015
Not Marked is recommended without reservation to Christian men and women who want to discover that help and healing are available to those who feel forever stained by the shame of sexual abuse and assault.
Book Review: Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith
By: Hulda Yau | June 12, 2015
The stories of eight incredible women and their desire to spread the gospel against extreme adversity will overwhelm the heart with passion, love, and forgiveness. Each experience personifies Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ that strengthens me.”
Book Review: Women As Global Leaders: Women and Leadership: Research, Theory, and Practice
By: Kate Netzler Burch | June 4, 2015
Women As Global Leaders outlines the gaps in current research and points us in a clear direction for future study and consideration. While not overtly religious, this resource is a challenge to CBE readers to take equality to the next level and to consider what true leadership can look like, regardless of gender, on the [...]
Book Review: Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter
By: Heather Ann Martinez | May 28, 2015
Hardin Freeman helps readers think critically through the cultural and contextual applications of each woman in the Bible, interacting with readers on an individual level through the text. Bible Women: All Their Words and Why They Matter brings each Bible woman’s experience out of the shadows into the light and into our own contemporary [...]
Book Review: Malestrom: Manhood Swept Into the Currents of a Changing World
By: Susan Larson | May 14, 2015
Manhood is under siege and not because there are women in the board room and men in the laundry room. The crisis that threatens men has ancient roots according to James, and the only real solution is to recapture the even more ancient imago dei we find revealed in those first two chapters of Genesis.
Book Review: Surprised by Scripture: Engaging Contemporary Issues, by N.T. Wright
By: Dawn Gentry | April 30, 2015
Our own study of scripture often leads to more questions than answers, and Wright asserts, “some of the most important questions in life need to be approached from several angles at once” (xi). While the chapter on women may not be a “new angle” to some CBE supporters, it will certainly be new to many. [...]
Book Review: Streams Run Uphill: Conversations with Young Clergywomen of Color
By: Kristen Caldwell | April 30, 2015
The recently published book, Streams Run Uphill: Conversations with Young Clergywomen of Color, poignantly opens up a whole new world for those of us who still see through the eyes of the dominant culture. The title’s Clergywomen of Color gives a small taste of the experiences these women have faced and continue to face.
Book Review: The CEB Study Bible
By: Charles M. Metcalf | April 30, 2015
A wide spectrum of thoughtful Bible students could benefit from The CEB Study Bible. This text provides the reader with ample study notes, cross-references, maps, introductory essays to each biblical book, and a concordance. One of the primary goals of this translation was achieving a balance between accurate renditions of the ancient original texts and [...]