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C.S. Lewis on Gender
By: Ann Loades | April 30, 2010
Cautious though one must be in thinking that one can entirely understand someone in terms of their circumstances, C. S. Lewis (CSL) virtually invites us to pay attention to his by the publication of his Surprised by Joy (1955). This text, which we can now read as a classic of “textual male intimacy” in [...]
Incarnation, Trinity, and the Ordination of Women to the Priesthood
By: John Jefferson Davis | April 30, 2010
In my earlier article1 on 1 Timothy 2:12 and the ordination of women, I argued that Paul’s contextual and church-specific reading and application of the creation texts indicates that the limitations on women’s teaching roles in the church are circumstantial rather than universal prohibitions. Now, I wish to address arguments [...]
House Churches
By: Kevin Giles | April 30, 2010
It is agreed by virtually all New Testament scholars today that, for at least two hundred years, most Christians met in private homes. The local church, the congregation to which the early Christians belonged, was a gathering in a home.
Editor's Reflections | Winter 2010 (24.1)
By: William David Spencer | April 30, 2010
The church has not only the right, but the duty, to be the church of Jesus Christ. . . . The job of the priest isn’t to give you the answers to all of your questions for all of your life. But the priest is there to help you frame the questions and to point you toward [...]
Today I Am a Rebel
By: Jennifer Reynolds | April 30, 2010
Today, I am a rebel. I forget about the laundry and dishes. I turn all my phones to silent And write.
Will Boys Be Boys and Girls Be Girls?
By: David M. Csinos | April 30, 2010
Human beings begin to develop gender identities very early in life as they pick up on cues and clues given off from the sociocultural contexts in which they find themselves. As people and institutions demonstrate socially appropriate ways of being male or female, children become apprentices and learn what it means to be a boy [...]
Sociocultural Influences on Body Image and Depression in Adolescent Girls
By: Kara L. Kerr | April 30, 2010
Many adolescent girls face psychological struggles. For example, eating disorders disproportionately affect adolescent girls compared to the rest of the population. Approximately 40 percent of anorexia nervosa cases occur in females ages fifteen to nineteen.1 The prevalence of this disorder is of special concern given that the mortality rate for anorexia nervosa is more than [...]
Incarcerated Women
By: Margaret English de Alminana | April 30, 2010
During the past several years, I worked as senior chaplain of women at one of the nation’s largest jails in Orlando, Florida. My experiences have left me with many conflicts and questions that I am still sorting out about women, our world, and the role of faith in it.
Gender Differences
By: Susan Harris Howell | April 30, 2010
We hear much these days about differences between males and females. Television advertisements encourage us to purchase different vitamins for our sons and daughters based on their claims that females need skin care assistance while males need help building muscle. Manufacturers of adult undergarments assure us men and women have different undergarment needs, pointing to [...]
Does God Have Gender?
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | April 30, 2010
When it comes to God’s gender, we can find a variety of perspectives. For some, God is male or masculine, and this view then seems to affect the self-understanding of males and females. For others, God may be viewed as female or feminine, and this view seems then to affect the self-understanding of [...]