Synopsis: Should women be priests? Should women submit to their
husbands? Is premarital sex okay? Inflammatory questions such as
these have splintered Christianity and polarized the church. In
Sex, Gender, and Christianity, a cadre of seasoned college
professors offers the modest proposal that honest, fruitful
conversations about these questions will take place only if we
develop the ability to deal with sex, gender, and the Christian
faith with the academic rigor and perspectives of our various
disciplines. This volume contributes an unprecedented collection of
first-rate articles from a variety of disciplines--from the social
sciences to history, from literary criticism to theology--that will
challenge college administrators, professors, and students to
address fractious questions in an atmosphere of scholarly inquiry.
Contributors: David G. Allen, Karen Trimble Alliaume, Brian Bantum,
Mikee C. Delony, James G. Dixon III, Antonios Finitsis Theresa J.
FitzPatrick, Allyson Jule, Patricia O'Connell Killen, Caryn D.
Riswold, and Tina Schermer Sellers Endorsements: "This is a
courageous book. At a time when clouds of fear and confusion hover
over college classrooms when it comes to talking about sex and
gender, here we have a responsible and creative treatment of these
thorny topics. It would be a mistake to bypass this book as yet
another treatment of sex and gender, because you will not find
anything else like it." --Willie James Jennings, Associate
Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies, Duke Divinity
School "Sex, Gender, and Christianity is a much-needed corrective
to polarizing arguments about women's roles and their expectations
for equality. Probing historical exemplars from Eve to Carrie
Bradshaw, the book's authors exchange heat for light on a topic
that sorely needs the latter. This will be an invaluable resource
for undergraduate courses in both religious and gender studies."
--Diane Winston, Knight Chair in Media and Religion, USC Annenberg
School for Communication Author Biography: Priscilla Pope-Levison
is Professor of Theology and Assistant Director of Women's Studies
at Seattle Pacific University, and Affiliate Faculty in Women
Studies at the University of Washington. She is the author of Turn
the Pulpit Loose: Two Centuries of American Women Evangelists
(2004). John (Jack) R. Levison is Professor of New Testament at
Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of Fresh Air: The Holy
Spirit for an Inspired Life (2012); Filled with the Spirit (2009);
and Texts in Transition: the Greek Life of Adam and Eve (2000).
Together they are the authors of Jesus in Global Contexts (1992)
and editors of Return to Babel: Global Perspectives on the Bible
(1999).
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