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"A Wild Goose Chase" or Ella Sheppard & the Jubilee Singers
By: Jo Ellen Heil | July 31, 1994
Seven women. Four men. They called themselves The Jubilee Singers. One of America’s most astonishing successes, their music once rang out across the land. They changed the fabric of our culture by introducing spirituals to the American public for the first time. Yet their stories have been hushed.
From My Point of View: Women, Society and Self-Esteem
By: Linda Van Grinsven | July 31, 1994
Self-esteem is often very simply defined as “feeling good about yourself.” In reality, self-esteem is much more complicated than that. To understand self-esteem we must first start with another term, self-concept.
The Bible and Rape
By: Craig Keener | July 31, 1994
When Desiree Washington charged that Mike Tyson had raped her, some Christians retorted that it was her fault for getting herself into the situation. While blaming the victim may accord with some of the ethics of our culture, it does not accord with the Bible.
When Praying Isn't Enough: Religion, Prejudice, and Abuse
By: Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen | July 31, 1994
As I examine the interrelatedness of religion, prejudice and abuse, I am aware that abuse—whether physical, sexual or psychological—is a profoundly gendered concept. The majority of abusers are male and the majority of victims are women and children. And prejudice—the unjustifiably negative attitude toward a group and its members, with supporting [...]
From My Point of View: Suspicious Identity
By: Laura L. Lupton | April 30, 1994
As a woman preparing to seek ordination to the pastoral office in the Presbyterian Church (USA) I find myself encountering skepticism — a skepticism about my real identity. In light of my gender and career objective, some people immediately assume that I am a radical feminist.
Heroines of the Faith: A Narrative Essay
By: Mary LaGrand Bouma | April 30, 1994
It was a desperate ploy. If it failed she would be, at best, a social pariah; at worst, burned alive. Probably few of us, either women or men, would be able to summon up the kind of courage Tamar showed when, realizing that the system was failing to give her justice, she decided to do [...]
Women are Persons
By: Hugh McNally | April 30, 1994
Even in the Christian church, women are often valued for what they do rather than for who they are. This is why the women’s liberation movement has struck a responsive chord in the hearts of many Christian women.
The Challenge of the Re-Imagining God Conference
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | April 30, 1994
Certainly today’s women have the right to choose their own forms of religious expression. However, they also have a right to understand the antecedents of those forms. Because various conference presentations and liturgies went beyond orthodox Christian faith and practice, we need to examine the historical roots of these so-called “new” ideas.
The Role of Religious Experience in Theology
By: John Jefferson Davis | April 30, 1994
It has been noted by many observers that the twentieth-century American sensibility is an experiential one. Feeling, emotion, “sensitivity,” self-awareness and “self-actualization,” “born-again” religion and self-help therapies—all in one way or another point toward the immediacy of personal experience. This experiential emphasis has influenced the character of American religion and theology in both its [...]
Avoiding the "Either-Or" Trap
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | April 30, 1994
In November of 1993 women and men from fifteen Christian denominations, and one Buddhist came together at Minneapolis to call attention to a good cause, the Ecumenical decade: Churches in Solidarity with Women, through which the United Nations and the World Council of Churches asked churches throughout 1988-98 “to eliminate teachings and practices that discriminate against [...]