Link of the Day: Societal Sins
Scott, over at Grace is Unfair, looks at Amos and Isaiah and comes to some troubling conclusions about personal and societal sins.
In Amos, God condemns oppression of the poor and sexual sin in the same breath. And in Isaiah, God shows that He detests both when people amass too much land at the expense of the [...]
Christian Discourse and Subverting the Rhetoric of the Empire
When I first began reading feminist theology, Schusseler-Fiorenza and Welch drew my attention to how language, particularly patriarchal language, shapes not only abstract theological concepts, but also the everyday, practical matters of the Christian life. Among other things, we assume male dominance in the masculine pronouns we use for God, even though we classically maintain [...]
Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia
During the next few posts I will seek your thoughts on a fresh interpretation of I Tim. 2 and the way Paul deals with women in this chapter. Some of the arguments will be stronger than others, but hopefully in the end my arguments will be articulated well. Far from being a proof-text for male-only-pastorates, [...]