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Joni Eareckson Tada, author, radio host, and founder of Joni and Friends; Jim Wallis, founder and editor of Sojourners Magazine, political activist and leader of the Red-Letter Christian movement; David F. Wells, author of No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology, motivator for The Cambridge Declaration
Mother of Gregory of Nazianzus, was a devout Christian who influenced her husband's conversion and his rise as Bishop of Nazianzus. Her spiritual guidance shaped her children, fostering faith and piety. Nonna exemplifies the vital role of women in early Christian theology, contributing to the legacy of the Cappadocian Fathers. [28] [29] [30]
Women who wrote works on religion. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Religious writers . It includes religious writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Tada is a conference speaker. Her articles have been published in Christianity Today, [20] Today's Christian Woman, [21] The War Cry (Salvation Army), [22] and newspapers around the world. Tada has appeared several times on Larry King Live. [23] In 1989, Tada was a plenary speaker at the Second International Congress on World Evangelization in ...
Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...
This is a list of notable Christian theologians listed chronologically by century of birth This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
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]
Women are slowly being recognized as theological scholars. George Gallup Jr. wrote in 2002 that studies show women have more religiosity than men. Gallup goes on to say that women hold on to their faith more heartily, work harder for the church, and in general practice with more consistency than men. [1]