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Twenty Centuries of Women Leaders in the Church
By: CBE International | March 14, 2024
In celebration of Women's History Month, here are five titles that trace women's contributions to the church from the time of Jesus down to the early Church Mothers, to medieval women theologians, and finally to female pastors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Book Review: Women in the Mission of the Church: Their Opportunities and Obstacles throughout Christian History
By: CBE International | March 12, 2024
A review of 'Women in the Mission of the Church,' a book that examines the pivotal roles of women leaders in church history.
Book Review: Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Brianna Cortez | March 6, 2024
Nijay Gupta’s 2023 publication explores the lives of women in the early church.
Book Review: The Struggle to Stay: Why Single Evangelical Women Are Leaving the Church
By: Emma Feyas | February 14, 2024
The Struggle to Stay sheds light on why women are leaving evangelical churches through real stories and research.
Book Review: Voices Long Silenced: Women Biblical Interpreters through the Centuries
By: Kimberly Dickson | November 2, 2023
Overall, I give the book five stars, knowing it will be my go-to each time I write about or research a woman from our faith history.
Book Review: We Too: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis
By: Shirley Fessel | October 12, 2023
Mary DeMuth, delves into the church's often inadequate response to abuse survivors in WeToo: How the Church Can Respond Redemptively to the Sexual Abuse Crisis. Her book sheds light on the church's complex history of moral failings and offers insights on breaking the cycle of corruption. In We Too readers can learn the scope of [...]
Book Review: She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up
By: Mikaela Bell | September 14, 2023
After finishing their survey and best-selling book The Great Sex Rescue, testing popular Christian teachings about marriage and sex and empirically demonstrating the harm caused by patriarchal messages, co-authors Sheila Wray Gregoire, Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, and Joanna Sawatsky received many inquiries from parents of young girls. These mothers (and fathers) wanted to know how they [...]
Book Review: Indigenous Theology and the Western Worldview
By: William David Spencer | August 7, 2023
This book about indigenous, First Nations theology emphasizes the leadership of women.
Book Review: Grace is Not Faceless: Reflections on Mary
By: Kristin Lassen | June 23, 2023
Reading this short but weighty book may advance your appreciation of Mary as much as it has for me!
Book Review: On Purpose: Understanding God’s Freedom for Women Through Scripture
By: Kristin Lassen | June 23, 2023
Read On Purpose to find complex teachings in Scripture clarified by the wider contexts of Scripture and the real-life situations addressed. The Holy Spirit may use On Purpose as a tool to meet you in your quest to understand more of God’s truth.