There were stains upon the character of Tamar (Genesis. 38:11-30) and of Rahab (Joshua. 2:1), but Ruth is one of the Mary - like women of the Bible. (2) The mother of Solomon is referred to, not by ...
Although later pushed to the side, women in early Christian communities often owned ... Paul gives a speech in which he recasts the part of the bible that we call the beatitudes.
She was indeed an influential figure, but as a prominent disciple and leader of one wing of the early Christian movement that promoted women's leadership. Certainly, the New Testament Gospels ...
Republican Rep Nancy Mace of South Carolina spoke of the strength she s derived from God and Scripture as she used her nearly ...
Fundamentalism and Gender uncovered many of the ways women were historically unseated from roles of authority in the church—both explicitly and implicitly. Thankfully, the Christian tradition is ...