By Website Admin|2023-09-26T07:42:06-04:00September 26th, 2023|Tags: Christianity, Early Church, Gender Issues, Judaism, Women|
It is difficult to learn about the lives of Jewish and Christian women in antiquity because most of the written history was written by men who embodied the prevalent male-dominating attitudes of the era. Presenters: Dr. Sara Parks and Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Dr. Erin K. Vearncombe|2023-08-22T04:30:50-04:00August 16th, 2023|Tags: Gender Issues, Gospel of Thomas, Mary, Women|
Gender is an important construct in a wide range of writings from the early Jesus peoples and groups. One of the most interesting of these writings to consider when it comes to gender is the Gospel of Thomas.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-06-27T03:28:57-04:00June 27th, 2023|Tags: Early Christian Art, Gender Issues, Jesus, Surprising Things about Jesus|
This discussion focuses on the role of art in our understanding of Jesus. Chad Venters will explore the ancient concepts of gender and how these concepts may surprise us, especially our mental images of Jesus. Presenters: Dr. Chad Venters and Dr. Shirley Paulson
By Dr. Erin K. Vearncombe|2023-03-29T02:32:55-04:00March 29th, 2023|Tags: Community, Gender Issues, Gospel of Mary, Mary Magdalene|
Levi uses his place of privilege in the community to uphold Mary and Mary’s leadership, to call out bad behavior, and to encourage communal reflection and learning.
By Dr. Erin K. Vearncombe|2023-02-28T22:52:55-05:00February 22nd, 2023|Tags: Faith, Gender Issues, Gospel of Mark, Healing|
Who is the miracle-worker in this story? Surely, Jesus has performed many miracles himself, but in this particular case, the miracle-worker is the unnamed woman.
By Dr. B. Brandon Scott|2023-05-30T17:13:16-04:00October 26th, 2022|Tags: Gender Issues, Gospel of Luke, Mary Magdalene, Peter|
Diminishing the women’s role paves the way for the preeminence of Peter and the twelve apostles. Luke completely succeeded. That became the foundation for the myth of Christian origins.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2023-05-30T17:13:26-04:00October 4th, 2022|Tags: Divine Feminine, Gender Issues, Gospel of Mary, Mary Magdalene, Resurrection|
The journey, the spiritual journey for men, is just as important for them to tap into that divine feminine as it is for women. An interview with Rev. Kyndall Rae Rothaus.
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2022-04-27T02:01:13-04:00April 27th, 2022|Tags: Concepts of God, Gender Issues, Gratitude, Nag Hammadi, Prayer of Thanksgiving|
Take in, if you can, the depth of this Divinity, and the way it is expressed. Notice how it proposes that Divinity itself is characterized primarily by growth.
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2022-03-02T01:59:31-05:00March 2nd, 2022|Tags: 1 Timothy, Deb Saxon, Early Christian Communities, Gender Issues, Thecla|
Thecla is willing to die, but she doesn’t patiently endure violence toward her. … So that’s a very different dynamic than what is often presented as the pattern that a good submissive woman should follow. An interview with Dr. Deborah Niederer Saxon.
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2022-06-19T02:09:39-04:00March 8th, 2021|Tags: Gender Issues, Humor, Jesus, Sophia|
"One of the most intense controversies emerged when some of us pointed out that in the biblical books of Matthew and Luke, Jesus himself talked about Sophia in intimate and positive ways."
By Shirley Paulson, PhD|2021-01-25T04:19:27-05:00December 10th, 2020|Tags: Ally Kateusz, Early Christian Art, Early Jesus Followers, Gender Issues, Women|
Back to the gospels before Constantine, we have three men and three women. And the women are all the same size as Jesus... It’s really quite striking.
By Dr. Hal Taussig|2021-01-25T04:19:36-05:00November 23rd, 2020|Tags: Extracanonical Texts, Gender Issues, Gospel of Mary, Jesus, Mary Magdalene|
"If I’m right that it is a really good, short book from 1800 years ago, then you may want to just mull over what some parts of it mean to you."
