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Women in Church History: Footnoted and Forgotten?

March 1, 2016 by Michael Wiltshire

Women have always played a crucial role in the establishment of the Christian church, but I’ve noticed that their contributions are often footnoted and forgotten. When we read philosophy and theology addressing the roles of pastor, apostle, disciple, missionary, etc., we subtly assume a masculine context unless women are specifically brought up. In this post […]

Filed Under: Women and the Church, women in church history Tagged With: Anne Hutchinson, Argula von Stauff, Calvin, Egeria, Jarena Lee, Julian of Norwich, Katherine Schutz Zell, Margaret Fell Fox, Martin Luther, Melania, Michael Wiltshire, Perpetua, Proba, Teresa of Avila

More Than Footnotes Part 4: Women Leaders in the American Colonies

March 25, 2015 by Michael Wiltshire

Here is the fourth and final installment of “More than Footnotes” a series on influential women in church history.

With the influence of the First Great Awakening of American religion (1730s-1740s) as impetus, women in American Christianity were driven by the experience of conversion to transcend prescribed roles and self-understandings.

Filed Under: christians in society, church leadership, egalitarianism, gender roles, sexism and gender equality in the church, Women and the Church, women in church history Tagged With: Anne Hutchinson, Jarena Lee, Margaret Fell Fox

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