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The Seminary Gender Gap

Why we should be concerned that women remain outnumbered in theological education.

Suburbia Needs Jesus, Too

A woman's take on the New Radicals.

Where Have All the Women Leaders Gone?

Seeking lives that steward our giftedness wisely and well.

Sorority Syndrome: Girls Gone Mean

If we're not careful, big groups breed shallow friendships.

Bad Sex That "Just Happens"

Donna Frietas looks at the social pressures and cultural stereotypes that fuel the campus hookup culture.

Hey John Piper, Is My Femininity Showing?

The implications of allowing women to teach "indirectly."

I'm Sick of Hearing About Your Smoking Hot Wife

Sex in marriage beyond sayings, stereotypes, and Song of Solomon

You Talk Like a Girl

How vocal fry affects women in the church.

Unearthing Gifts Once Abandoned for Motherhood

Why Rebekah Lyons wants you to find your calling.

Who Speaks for Complementarian Christians?

For me, it's not the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. It's the local church.

Believing in a Better Modesty Movement

How we teach purity through a celebration of beauty and self-respect.

A Friendship Deeper Than 'Besties'

Women are wired for more soulful relationships.

More Than a Right  Subscriber access only

We need a better way to discuss women's ordination.

Steubenville: Whatever Happened to Human Dignity?

A discussion of rape, responsibility, and redemption.

When 'Leaning In' Isn't Enough

Christian businesswomen find themselves leaning on God.

Girls Talk

What Lena Dunham's smart HBO series says about 21st-century womanhood.

The Quest for a Bigger, Better, Cuter Pregnancy

In an age of gender reveal cakes and ultrasound parties, it's not enough to just be pregnant anymore.

Jennifer Lawrence and the Idol of 'Keeping It Real'

Do Christians embrace authenticity too much?

Can You Teach Modesty Without Body-Shaming?

Girls told to cover their "irresistible" bellies, boobs, and bodies.

We Saw Your Satire

Why the Oscars' boob song made us laugh.

Women Need to Say 'No' More

My 'no' to fear is my 'yes' to God.

The Generation Gap Among Christian Women

An open letter to women over 40.

What the Benedict Papacy Meant for Women

Communication is key to the pope's legacy

Virginity Isn't Our Holy Grail

Grace keeps us all from being 'damaged goods.'

A Higher Calling to Protect

Christians' deeper considerations of women in combat.

Female Heroes in a New Kind of Combat

Military women already serve and sacrifice in today's wars.

Given Deborah, Jael, and Judith, Why Shouldn't Women Serve in Combat?

Three views on the warrior women of the Bible and today, as the Pentagon announces it's lifting the ban.

When Our Labels Fail: The End of 'Pro-Choice'

Our impulse to divide and categorize has its limits.

Let Boys be Boys: Play-Fighting May Actually Be Good for Kids

Differentiating between reality and the pretend violence of playtime

Genocide in Shades of Pink

What if every female in America suddenly disappeared? It would feel a lot like Asia, where sex-selective abortion has taken 163 million girls. How the gospel is slowly turning the tide on the quiet holocaust.

Waking Up the Church to Gender Injustice

A CT interview with "Half the Sky" coauthor Nicholas Kristof.

'He's Just Not a Spiritual Leader,' and Other Christian Dating Myths

I've seen otherwise strong couples fall apart because the woman held an unfair spiritual standard for the man.

The 'Benevolent Sexism' at Christian Colleges

A new study finds that women faculty say they're undermined and passed over for advancement because of their gender. But they're happier than they'd be at secular schools.

Has LifeWay Really Banned the Word 'Vagina'?

Fact-checking the widely cited reason the Christian retail chain is not carrying Rachel Held Evans's book.

The Holocaust Happening Right Under Our Noses

In some countries, hearing "It's a girl" is no cause for celebration—it's a death sentence. A new film captures global gendercide.

The Chief End of Men

Hanna Rosin's 'The End of Men' celebrates women's enormous strides in education and business. Why I can't don my party hat yet.

50 Women You Should Know

We asked key leaders which Christian women are most profoundly shaping the evangelical church and North American society. This is who they picked.

Liberty University's Flip-Flop Moment

Today, the students at Jerry Falwell's school are more likely to 'change the world' by buying a pair of TOMS Shoes than showing up at the state capitol. Could their soft activism signal a larger shift among evangelicals?

The Spiritual Sex

Why are women better Christians than men?

Caught Between the Spouse and the Spirit

Brazilian women find support and new roles at charismatic churches. Their husbands don't like it. Whom will they choose?
News Feed
Israel to Review Curbs on Women’s Prayer at Western Wall
The move comes after years of civil disobedience by a group called Women of the Wall against rules that support gender division at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, one of Judaism's holiest sites. (The New York Times)
Bristol University Christian Union performs U-turn on female speakers
Union says it will allow women to teach at all its events 'without exception' following outrage over internal email (The Guardian)
Churches overlook women as donors, despite their growing wealth in US, study finds
Women now control more than 51 percent of personal wealth nationally, and Christian women are far more generous than the average person. But donors say church and ministry leaders neglect the role women play in charitable giving, instead addressing only husbands. (Medical Xpress, via Baylor University)

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