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Pilgrim Pathways: Notes for a Diaspora People
Silencing Women&#;s Voices in the History of Theology: Baptist Examples
Let&#;s face it: Theology, like most academic disciplines, has been thoroughly dominated by male voices. But the voices in Christian theology have not been exclusively male and recent decades have seen the recovery of female contributions to Christian theology in many eras (from the &#;Church Mothers&#; onward) and many branches of the Church catholic, East and West. Yet, women&#;s voices continue to be omitted or downplayed in major surveys of historical theology. Since criticism, like charity, best begins at home, I will illustrate this fault in my own tradition by focusing on two recent (and otherwise excellent) studies of the history of Baptist theology.
Now, the resurgent fundamentalism and scholastic (&#;high&#;) Calvinism in the Southern Baptist Convention has led the current shapers of that large denomination to be rather deliberate in thei
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Forgetting Martha Stearns Marshall: Women&#;s Roles in the SBC
I am delighted to share this guest post on Southern Baptist (SBC) women by Jordann Heckart, a doctoral student in the History Department at Baylor University. Her research interests include eighteenth-century America, women and gender, and religion.
In June, Southern Baptist delegates will vote for a second time on the proposed “Law Amendment” at the SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis. If approved, a new requirement will be added to Article III of the SBC Constitution, which outlines the requirements for a church to affiliate with the SBC and send messengers to the annual meeting. The amendment states that a church must “affirm, appoint or employ only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by scripture.” This event is the most recent example of how the SBC is responding to the role of women in ministry.
If you grew up in the SBC or know anything about Baptist history, then you have probably heard abo
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