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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 [...]
Who is Sophia?
By: Tina Ostrander | April 30, 1994
In the search for a more inclusive understanding of God, the feminine “Sophia” has for many persons become a bridge between traditional Christianity and feminist concerns. So we ask: Who is Sophia, and where did she come from? Is she the long-awaited answer to this search?
The Historical, Social, and Religious Context of American Baptist Women in El Salvador
By: Kathleen Hayes | January 31, 1994
Through rereading Scripture, studying for the ministry, and entering into greater leadership in the church, the history of Baptist (and other) women in El Salvador appears to be turning a corner.
English Women Hymnwriters
By: Julia Ann Flora | January 31, 1994
The nineteenth-century secular women’s movement paved the way in many countries for more women’s education, writing, and publishing. The church also benefited by this escalation of women in leadership; many Christian hymnbooks printed material by women for the first time.
How Wondrous is His Love
By: Pam Carrick | January 31, 1994
Oh what my children of my youthWill my Jesus do for you? Will He take you to the mountain tops? Will He bring you to the sea? My Lord he'll show you His Great Love That He has given me
St. Clare Of Assisi, Founder Of The Poor Clares (1194-1253)
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | January 31, 1994
Accompanied by her chaperone, sixteen year old Clare would sneak off, without the knowledge of her parents, in order to hear the preaching of St. Francis. What attracted this young, wealthy beauty to the teaching of Francis? Why would she exchange the pleasures of a landed and aristocratic inheritance for the shorn hair, sackcloth, barefooted, [...]