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Freedom to Lead
By: Guest Author | March 5, 2005
As one of the most enduring controversies in Christian history, the role of women in church leadership has, in many ways, been superceded by the extraordinary contribution women around the world are making in contemporary worship.
Book Review: Rise Up: A Call to Leadership for African American Women
By: Sylvia Rose | March 5, 2005
Rise Up is primarily about African American women discovering their capacity to lead, whether in large or small ways. In the introduction, Rose gives a wake-up call to African American women, claiming that there is a crisis in church leadership and African American women need to step up into those roles.
The TNIV Bible
By: Zondervan Publishers | February 7, 2005
Endorsed by scholars and pastors across the country, the TNIV is the new translation for today's generation. It combines uncompromising reliability, the clarity of today's language, and the heritage of the most trusted translation, the NIV.
Editor's Reflections | Winter 2005
By: William David Spencer | January 31, 2005
Humanity reflects the image of God. We know this from the opening of Genesis. How humanity does this, however, has been a matter of speculation and disagreement among scholars.
Can the “Father of Lights” Give Birth?
By: Jeff Miller | January 31, 2005
Regular readers of Priscilla Papers will be familiar with those standard biblical texts one points to when discussing feminine imagery for God. We read, for example, of God extending a mother’s care in Isaiah 66:13, “As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you” (nrsv). Similarly, Jesus longs to offer such [...]
Cloistered Redemption: Exploring the Effects of Asceticism on Women in the Fourth Century
By: Michal Beth Dinkler | January 31, 2005
As the Church’s new political status gave rise to monasticism, so the monastic movement influenced Christian doctrine in several key areas, one of which is the Church’s view of women.
Into Silence
By: Ruth Hoppin | January 31, 2005
I dare my soul to mark the solemn hourfor healing of the world’s disquietude, glean harvests of eternity in fading tapestries of time, engage that higher realm where love abounds.
Just as the Father, So the Son: The Implications of John 5:16–30 in the Gender-Role Debate
By: Kristin Johnson | January 31, 2005
Although most Christians agree that men and women are spiritually equal before God, some nevertheless insist that women are subordinate to men in function in the home and in the Church. In order to codify the functional subordination of women biblically, some scholars who support hierarchy in male/female relationships use what they claim [...]
A Fresh Perspective on Submission and Authority in Marriage
By: Dennis J. Preato | January 31, 2005
Churches can become a motivating force for healing and change. They have a responsibility to promote healthy marital relationships. Strong and healthy marriages are built on loving and equal relationships.
All God's People: An Exploration of the Call of Women to Pastoral Ministry
By: John E. Phelan, Jr. | January 1, 2005
This study approaches the issue of women in ministry with a wide-angle lens instead of with a laser focused on particular passages of Scripture, though it is certainly biblically solid. Phelan challenges the presuppositions people often bring to the interpretation of Scripture, from culture to translation to science.