Tag: patriarchy

  • Seeing Women of the Bible (and Ourselves!) Without the Patriarchy

    Seeing Women of the Bible (and Ourselves!) Without the Patriarchy

    by Julie Hoke, pastor of Circle of Hope in Germantown I know people who don’t believe I should be a pastor based on my gender. I had to dig into scripture (and sift through patriarchal interpretations) to see all the Biblical evidence for women to lead. Women in the Bible have been historically marginalized, particularly…