Amy Alexander
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“Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters: A Historical and Biographical Guide” Edited by Marion Ann Taylor and Agnes Choi
Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters is a product of modern scholarship’s quest to include the female perspective in every discipline, including theology. The editors and authors of this volume unhesitatingly assume that men and women have an equally authoritative perspective on Scripture. As Marion Ann Taylor remarks in her introduction, “Discovering what the Bible meant […]
Through the Looking Glass
A few years ago, a friend of Brooke’s bought her a copy of the highly entertaining and educational Make the Bread, Buy the Butter by Jennifer Reese. It’s a cookbook written by a laid-off suburbanite-turned-food-blogger about her three-year journey to save some money by making all the food she would normally buy (such as cheese, […]
“The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society” by Brad S. Gregory
Secularism, pluralism, individualism, freedom, rights, toleration’whatever. In his book, The Unintended Reformation, Notre Dame professor of history Brad Gregory provides a provocative examination of the moral decline of modern society. Troubled by the pluralism and secularism surrounding him, he argues that the Reformation produced a profound shift in attitudes toward truth and ethics. Starting with […]
