As Christianity and Judaism are large, influential religions, the women of the Bible are also among the most important women in history. The mother of Christ is arguably the most important woman ...

The ordination of female deacons is no longer on the agenda during a global assembly at the Vatican, but will be discussed ...

(Genesis 1:1, 27; 5:1–2) And from the beginning (of the Bible) men and women serve as characters in God’s revealed epic of election and redemption that is inaugurated by the mysterious admixture of ...

Experts agree: Women have long served as the heart of Christian churches in America. It was often the men who had to be ...

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It seems like a simple tale, but like much of the Bible, it’s full of allusions and references to past and future.

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So that women tend to get excluded from those functions ... Paul gives a speech in which he recasts the part of the bible that we call the beatitudes. That's the "blessed are the so and ...

Old Jezebel keeps showing up in other kinds of confusion, though, in ways that are not funny at all. On any given Sunday, I ...

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the first women empowerment event was put on at the Plains Capital Bank building ...

The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has a new exhibit showcasing the Megiddo Mosaic, one of the earliest physical ...

There were stains upon the character of Tamar (Genesis. 38:11-30) and of Rahab (Joshua. 2:1), but Ruth is one of the Mary - like women of the Bible. (2) The mother of Solomon is referred to, not by ...