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Reflective Faith
A Theological Toolbox for Women
Susan M. Shaw
Paperback | 292 pages
978-1-57312-719-6
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“They didn’t teach me that in Sunday school!”

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.

About the Author

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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“Written with great clarity, this impressive book on how to do biblical study and theology will be of interest not only to women but also to men.”

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Author of Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time

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