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Sarah Edwards (January 9, 1710 – October 2, 1758) was an American missionary and the wife of theologian Jonathan Edwards.Her husband was initially drawn to her spiritual openness, direct relationship with God, and periods of spiritual ecstasy.
In Memory of Her: A Feminist Theological Reconstruction of Christian Origins is one of Schüssler Fiorenza's earliest and best-known books. This work, which argued for the retrieval of the overlooked contributions of women in the early Christian church, set a high standard for historical rigor in feminist theology.
Many Christian women and religious have been prominent advocates in social policy debates—as with American nun Helen Prejean, a Sister of Saint Joseph of Medaille, who is a prominent campaigner against the death penalty and was the inspiration for the Hollywood film Dead Man Walking. [140]
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
The Quran speaks of The woman who complained to God about her husband in Sura 58 (Al-Mujadila), but not by name. Hadith provides her name, Khawlah bint Tha'labah. "God has indeed heard (and accepted) the statement of the woman who pleads with thee concerning her husband and carries her complaint (in prayer) to God: and God (always) hears the ...
Bushnell has been called the most prominent voice declaring the Bible as liberating of women. [16] Her classic book, God's Word to Women, [17] was first published in book form in 1921. At the time she was 65 years old. God's Word to Women began as a correspondence course in 1908. In 1916, the loose single sheets were bound into two paper ...
The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood: How God's Word Consistently Affirms Gender Equality. Zondervan. ISBN 978-0-310-14031-3. Sawyer, Deborah F. (1996). Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-10748-8. Tanenbaum, Leora (2009). Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality. Farrar, Straus and ...
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