Category Archives: theology

A letter to our sisters, on biblical womanhood in heavenly places

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Sharon Autenrieth

Yesterday Julie Anne at Spiritual Sounding posted this response to an article at cbmw.org.  That’s the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, the flagship organization for complementarian theology.  I was alarmed by the excerpts in Julie Anne’s piece, so I … Continue reading →

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Who’s Afraid of Halloween?

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

(This is one of the first posts I ever wrote, for Civil Religion.  As I’ve started to see a few anti-Halloween items show up in my Facebook feed, I thought it might be time to share it again.) 10-26-09 When … Continue reading →

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Talking back to patriarchy, part 3: It all comes down to authority

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

“But saints are those who are obliged to come to terms with authority structures which come from the hand of God.” – Sarah Faith Schlissel, “Daddy’s Girl” Consider the case of Sarah Faith Schlissel.  The quote above, offering a definition … Continue reading →

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Talking back to patriarchy, part 2: Watch your language!

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

Complementarian, egalitarian, Christian feminist, biblical patriarchy…do you automatically attach negative connotations to any of those words?  Or positive?  Do any of them sound hopelessly arcane, or jargony?  I tossed around all of those terms in my last post and I … Continue reading →

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Talking back to patriarchy

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

Last week I had the great pleasure of joining a group of Cornerstone friends in Indianapolis.  We decided that the end of the fest didn’t have to be the end of us, and so we had an Imaginarium Meetup, organized … Continue reading →

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Tragedy, Twitter and Teachable Moments

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

A note of correction before we go further:  This post was initially written based on incomplete information, having seen multiple reports that John Piper tweeted Job 1:19, in isolation.  That was incorrect.  He immediately followed that tweet with another, posting … Continue reading →

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For Self-examination: Why do I poke the hornet’s nest?

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Sharon Autenrieth

A homeschooling friend posted this link to Facebook without comment.  The gist of the article from the Atlantic is that more Christian homeschoolers are asking for “mainstream science in their children’s curricula”.  Another friend shared the link but commented that … Continue reading →

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Christian leaders try to “explain” Sandy Hook (uh-oh)

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Sharon Autenrieth

Note:  I tiptoed in where angels fear to treat and wrote the following piece for Civil Religion on the Sandy Hook tragedy, or rather on how Christians respond. Let me admit this right up front: I don’t think I can … Continue reading →

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The awesome six-pack of God?

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Sharon Autenrieth

My oldest daughter has been asking me many difficult spiritual questions lately, some of them prompted by interactions with Christians in other denominations:  “What about speaking in tongues?”; “Do we go straight to heaven when we die, or somewhere else?” … Continue reading →

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Questioning “Holiness” in a Holiness church

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Sharon Autenrieth

Week two of my second session of classes.  So far so good.  I’ve enjoyed the dialogues back and forth and have found a classmate who is quite a decent blogger!  Check out A Heart That Burns & tell Chad that … Continue reading →

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