Conservative Christians Promote Sex Change
It suddenly struck me today that, contrary to my assumptions, today’s conservative Christians apparently embrace the notion that one can be transgender, and actively support the idea of sex change...
View ArticleSci-Fi Around the Biblioblogosphere
If you hang around this blog a lot, you might not realize that discussion of sci-fi on biblioblogs is not universal, although it is not exactly uncommon either.Today, Scot McKnight shared a link to and...
View ArticleIt’s a Girl!
HT Daniel Florien. Please note that if this cartoon offends you, you are probably still carrying baggage from a patriarchal era.
View ArticleHappy International Women’s Day!
Happy International Women’s Day! And a tip for any American reader married to a Romanian woman: you don’t want to forget to wish your wife a happy International Women’s Day today and give her flowers....
View ArticleWas Jesus a Hermaphrodite?
I learned via Jerry Coyne’s blog that Susannah Cornwall (a theoblogger and biblioblogger) had made an argument for gender equality in ministry by pointing out that we do not know whether Jesus was...
View ArticleInclusive Language and Students as Customers
I had my attention drawn to a rather strange article by a Butler student. The article begins by referring to a professor requiring the use of inclusive language – that is, not saying “he” when you mean...
View ArticleReview of Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood
I’m grateful to Rachel Held Evans for having sent me an advance review copy of her book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and...
View ArticleFemale Figures in Mandaean Religious Art
The first presentation this morning was by Sandra van Rompaey and was about the way female figures are depicted in Mandaean religious art. There are distinctive features, such as how the bodies are...
View ArticleMary Magdalene Resources
Anthony LeDonne mentioned on his blog that he has a new book coming out: The Wife of Jesus: Ancient Texts and Modern Scandals. I think the cover, with a woman whose face is obscured, is very...
View ArticleA Different Doctor
There has been a lot of discussion of whether a future regeneration of the Doctor could be black, or female.I would like to see humanity reach a point at which this would just be another difference,...
View ArticleJesus’ Gender Identity
PZ Myers and Hemant Mehta both shared excerpts from the cartoon from which the above is also a small section. Since many people would find the idea of Jesus as transgender or intersex to be...
View ArticleIt’s a Girl!
HT Daniel Florien. Please note that if this cartoon offends you, you are probably still carrying baggage from a patriarchal era.
View ArticleHappy International Women’s Day!
Happy International Women’s Day! And a tip for any American reader married to a Romanian woman: you don’t want to forget to wish your wife a happy International Women’s Day today and give her flowers....
View ArticleWas Jesus a Hermaphrodite?
I learned via Jerry Coyne’s blog that Susannah Cornwall (a theoblogger and biblioblogger) had made an argument for gender equality in ministry by pointing out that we do not know whether Jesus was...
View ArticleInclusive Language and Students as Customers
I had my attention drawn to a rather strange article by a Butler student. The article begins by referring to a professor requiring the use of inclusive language – that is, not saying “he” when you mean...
View ArticleReview of Rachel Held Evans, A Year of Biblical Womanhood
I’m grateful to Rachel Held Evans for having sent me an advance review copy of her book, A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a Liberated Woman Found Herself Sitting on Her Roof, Covering Her Head, and...
View ArticleFemale Figures in Mandaean Religious Art
The first presentation this morning was by Sandra van Rompaey and was about the way female figures are depicted in Mandaean religious art. There are distinctive features, such as how the bodies are...
View ArticleMary Magdalene Resources
Anthony LeDonne mentioned on his blog that he has a new book coming out: The Wife of Jesus: Ancient Texts and Modern Scandals. I think the cover, with a woman whose face is obscured, is very clever....
View ArticleA Different Doctor
There has been a lot of discussion of whether a future regeneration of the Doctor could be black, or female. I would like to see humanity reach a point at which this would just be another difference,...
View ArticleSNTS Montreal: Business Meeting and Opening Reception
The start of the official SNTS program yesterday evening was with the first of two scheduled business meetings. Business meetings are not always emotionally moving, but two moments in this one were....
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