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Book Review: No Place for Abuse: Biblical & Practical Resources to Counteract Domestic Violence
By: Kriss Erickson | September 6, 2001
“When abuse strikes, there is no home.” So say Catherine Clark Kroeger and Nancy Nason-Clark in their book, No Place for Abuse. This quote struck me, as I grew up in a fundamentalist church where mentioning some personal abuse brought blame to me and sympathy to my father. This book is refreshing in its directness [...]
Book Review: How Religious Women View Feminism: God Gave Us the Right
By: Rebecca Merrill Groothuis | June 30, 2001
In this carefully done ethnographic study, religion professor Christel Manning offers an intriguing assessment of the lives and beliefs of women in conservative religious traditions today. Manning surveys and assesses responses to feminist social values and the secular feminist movement by women in an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, a charismatic evangelical church, and a Catholic parish [...]
Book Review: The Bible in Cross Cultural Perspective
By: Kim A. Pettit | April 30, 2001
Jacob A. Loewen's recent book The Bible in Cross-Cultural Perspective covers a multitude of subjects—heaven, earth, the afterlife, the spirit world, exorcism, among them. Of particular interest to Priscilla Papers readers is chapter 9, "Images of God: Male, Female, or Both" (pp. 109-16). It is packed with wonderful information regarding inclusive language.
Book Review: 10 Lies the Church Tells Women
By: Kriss Erickson | March 6, 2001
In a conversational, no-nonsense approach to a controversial issue, 10 Lies the Church Tells Women discusses 10 traditional ideas many Christian churches have used to claim the Bible restrains women from leadership.
Book Review: Woman in the Pulpit
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | January 31, 2001
Woman in the Pulpit exposes the myriad ways in which Christians read the Bible inconsistently. "A practice prohibited in one sentence and regulated in another, by the same author, shows either variability in opinion, or else an intended limitation in the original prohibition."
Book Review: Men are from Israel, Women are from Moab: Insights about the Sexes from the Book of Ruth
By: Shari Voigt | December 5, 2000
Men are from Israel, Women are from Moab: Insights about the Sexes from the Book of Ruth, written by Dr. Norm Wakefield and Jody Brolsma, takes a quick look at our gender stereotypes and discards them. Instead, they focus on how we can build one another up and nurture healthy relationships.
Book Review: A Hero from Yesterday: Phoebe Palmer's The Promise of the Father
By: Martha Berg | October 31, 2000
Palmer's underlying thesis is that the promise of the Father to pour out his Spirit on all flesh, male and female, and that sons and daughters would prophesy, relates to the role of women in the church today.
Book Review: Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know
By: Joanne Nystrom Janssen | September 5, 2000
The only thing wrong with Domestic Violence: What Every Pastor Needs to Know is the title. This book contains information essential to every person, not just pastors.
Book Review: Women Leaders and the Church
By: Alvera Mickelsen | June 5, 2000
If you have thoughtful friends who are pastors, professional Christian workers, Bible students or others who believe they have “looked at the evidence” but still are convinced that the Bible defines “separate roles” for men and women in the church and society, this is a good book to give them. It also belongs in the [...]
Book Review: Is It Okay to Call God "Mother"?: Considering the Feminine Face of God
By: Mary Seltzer | October 31, 1999
Intellectually we know God is beyond gender; however, using only masculine pronouns sends image-shaping messages to our hearts and minds that are incorrect. By neglecting the feminine imagery for God, we have distorted our understanding of God.