All those years in Sunday school and no one ever explained why Eve took the blame for the fall when Adam was beside her . . . or why Phoebe was a “servant” when the same word elsewhere was translated as “deacon” . . . or why only Miriam got leprosy when she and Aaron both questioned Moses . . . or who made the food for the Last Supper and then cleaned up afterward.
These are the questions of reflective faith, a faith that asks hard questions and refuses easy answers, a faith that engages with the world and seeks to change it. In Reflective Faith, Susan Shaw offers a set of tools to explore difficult issues of biblical interpretation, theology, church history, and ethics—especially as they relate to women. Reflective Faith invites intellectual struggle and embraces the unknown; it is a way of discipleship, a way to love God with your mind, as well as your heart, your soul, and your strength.
Susan M. Shaw is director of the School of Language, Culture, & Society and professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University. A native of Georgia, she received a PhD from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is the author of God Speaks to Us, Too: Southern Baptist Women on Church, Home, and Society and Storytelling in Religious Education and co-author of Girls Rock! Fifty Years of Women Making Music and Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings. She is an ordained Baptist minister and a member of a United Church of Christ congregation.
All those years in Sunday school and no one ever explained why Eve took the blame for the fall when Adam was beside her . . . or why Phoebe was a “servant” when the same word elsewhere was translated as “deacon” . . . or why only Miriam got leprosy when she and Aaron both questioned Moses . . . or who made the food for the Last Supper and then cleaned up afterward.
These are the questions of reflective faith, a faith that asks hard questions and refuses easy answers, a faith that engages with the world and seeks to change it. In Reflective Faith, Susan Shaw offers a set of tools to explore difficult issues of biblical interpretation, theology, church history, and ethics—especially as they relate to women. Reflective Faith invites intellectual struggle and embraces the unknown; it is a way of discipleship, a way to love God with your mind, as well as your heart, your soul, and your strength.
Susan M. Shaw is director of the School of Language, Culture, & Society and professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Oregon State University. A native of Georgia, she received a PhD from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. She is the author of God Speaks to Us, Too: Southern Baptist Women on Church, Home, and Society and Storytelling in Religious Education and co-author of Girls Rock! Fifty Years of Women Making Music and Women’s Voices, Feminist Visions: Classic and Contemporary Readings. She is an ordained Baptist minister and a member of a United Church of Christ congregation.
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