Sentences with phrase «place of women»

This is especially true given the historic place of women within certain religious communities.

With these and subsequent works, Minter countered the prevailing feminist discourse, offering a positive look at the traditional place of women in the kitchen and the bedroom, rather than bolstering the negatively charged auras of these positions.

Beginning with an imaginary journey into the red tent, a traditional place of women's wisdom, some of the gifts and secrets of womanhood are imparted in a gentle lyrical way along with practical advice on preparing for her first period, choosing menstrual products, herbal healing, and celebrating menarche.

Precarious offers the most blatant and incisive critique of the perilous place of a woman's body in society.

to President Obama's second inaugural, in which he cast the holy places of women's rights, civil rights, and gay rights as the postmodern Bethlehem («We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall»).

What is the correct place of women in the church and how do you interpret Paul's teaching on it?

But as these artists receive their due, the show has sparked debate over the rightful place of women in the comic canon.

Strongly influenced by her background, she is also passionate about the changing place of women in South American society.

They form an ironic response to stitchery as a feminine pastime as well as the historically limited place of women abstract painters.

offers the most blatant and incisive critique of the perilous place of a woman's body in society.

She had been living alone since being widowed and though she struggled financially and had to take a convenient job to retain her independence she was shown to be a woman who would not easily succumb to the traditional place of a woman.

In a sign that the struggle over the place of women in Silicon Valley is only beginning, gender discrimination suits have recently been filed against two prominent companies, Facebook and Twitter.

He is also the author of several IGOPP policy papers, which offer new perspectives on a range of controversial issues including: Dual - class voting shares, Corporate Citizenship, The place of women on boards of directors, Say - on - Pay by shareholders, The Gordian knot of executive compensation, The Troubling Case of Proxy Advisors, among others.

Now the divide between Greece and Rome on the place of women at the time was quite pronounced.

«I've read countless books addressing the place of women in the kingdom, and I have never, ever read anything so lovely, so generous, profound and humble as «Jesus Feminist.»

Listening to Strickland I also feel the need to revisit the thorny subject of the place of women in the church.

The third case studies the place of women in the religious discourse and practice of Pentecostal communities.

The writings of Harold Lindsell, Francis Schaefer, Bernard Ramm, Carl Henry, Clark Pinnock, Dick France, James Packer and others present a range of contradictory theological formulations on such issues as the nature of Biblical inspiration, the place of women in the church and family, the church's role in social ethics, and the Christian's response to homosexuality.

For the past few years I've been hearing a lot about gender roles as evangelicals debate the place of women in the home, church, and society.

It faces openly the fact that the Bible is ambiguous about many great moral issues, such as slavery, the place of women, and war and peace.

On the floor of theological debate in recent decades boisterous voices have been arguing about methodology, ecumenism, hope, liberation and the place of women or other marginalized groups in the conversation.

The place of women in the conduct of war was not a typical feminist concern.

Discussion of the place of women in the ministry, for example, has not yet fully developed in the churches.

CT blogger Ed Stetzer highlighted Elliot's comments on the place of women in missions, which a CT cover story called the «key to the future of missions.»

What is the place of women in world mission?

As to the place of women, the report says, «It would seem to many of us that biblically, theologically and pastorally there is no reason why women should be excluded from any position in the churches.

Uncritical patriotism, family loyalty, church membership, lifelong marriage, and the place of women in the home are, for many Americans, no longer unquestioned loyalties.

In my course World Religions Today, students read a book on the place of women in various religious traditions.

While it's true that I've changed my mind about the place of women in church ministry, that hasn't happened because I chose cultural relevance over Scripture.

At the same time the women's movement hacked away from its earlier radical confrontation with the stereotypes of masculinity and femininity and the place of the woman in the home.

Thankfully, the end of the 20th Century and the beginning of the 21st have seen a move toward returning to the place of women insisting on having the say in the birth of their babies.

Many of the acceptance speeches focused on the place of women in the film industry and in the world at large, a sign of the way the national conversation has changed since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke last year.

But, narratively speaking, Armipour's film delves far deeper, more specifically challenging the place of women in Middle Eastern society, where a woman walking home alone is the very definition of immorality.

Sarah Polley, produces and wrote the script for «Alias Grace» and she steeps the plot in such layers of mystery, prodding at our assumptions about its main subject and the place of women in that era.

Dr. J.S.R.A. Prasad, THE PLACE OF WOMEN IN SANSKRIT LITERATURE.

An interesting essay about the place of women in society - which is very progressive and liberal given the context of its writing.

Her novel, Jerusalem Maiden (2011) deals with the place of women in extremely religious societies.

In suggesting a vision in place of a woman, it has a numbing effect, reducing all senses but the visual, and impairing even that.

This is a beautiful, patient, and timeless book, one that builds upon centuries and shows how the smallest choices — like the chosen mix for yellow paint — can be the definitive markings of an entire life» - Kirkus Reviews «The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is a tremendous story of art, deception, love, ambition and the place of women in the world, and in history.

Discussions between legendary ladies like soccer player Abby Wambach and Title IX advocate Margaret Dunkle provide background on the place of women in a male - dominated industry.

Less commented: The book's main character is an art historian, Ms. Smith's poetic gaze on political and ecological decline intertwines with moving passages on the power of painting and the place of women in the art world.

For hope, I could point to a cavalcade of exhibitions on precisely the question — the place of women in contemporary art.

Visitors should note her ongoing predilection for sinuous and anatomically - indistinct figures, as well as what the gallery calls her «lyrical speculation» on the place of women in American society.