In the United States, March is Women’s History Month. Here is a list of our past blog posts about women – with the caveat that women in antiquity, including women in the early church, have, for better or worse, greatly influenced the status of women worldwide. We will also include posts about goddesses, goddess worship and female imagery.
Paul’s Female Colleagues: Not Keeping Silence in the Churches
Some Surprises from the Roman Catacombs 1: Religious Symbols
Some Surprises from the Roman Catacombs 2: Traditional Interpretations of the Orante
Some Surprises from the Roman Catacombs 3: The Orante in Light of the Prehistoric Goddess
Abortion and the Paranormal Evidence
The Trials and Tribulations of Translating Scripture 2: Pitfalls and Challenges
The Trials and Tribulations of Translating Scripture 3: The Work of the Jesus Seminar
What We Women Want in the Workplace
Trinities: Historical Alternatives to “Father, Son and Holy Ghost”
The Feminine/Androgynous Jesus
Thecla, Paul and the Prehistoric Goddess
Gender Balance Here and Abroad
Images of Mary in Christian Apocryphal Art
Pre-Christian Origins of the Labyrinth
Southern Baptists in Congress: Examining the Biblical Mandate to Care for Widows and Orphans
Positive Fallout: A Flurry of Women Interested in Running for Office
How Archaeology Can Assist Early Christian Studies and Why it Matters
Exploring the Influence of Salome in Early Christianity
Democrats Running – for Office
A Close Analysis of the Sexual Harassment Epidemic and Ways to Combat It
Ancient Corinth I: Gods and Goddesses
Ancient Corinth II: Women in St. Paul’s Time
Shelly Simonds and the Tale of the Virginia “Canister”
A Priestess and Benefactress from Pompeii
Hillary and Helen: Women “Deleted” by the Texas Board of Education
A Neolithic Site in Turkey, its Goddess and its Women
Mary Magdalene, The First Apostle
Elizabeth Warren and Capitalism: She’s in Favor
The Right Reverend Barbara C. Harris (1930-2020): A Tribute
Women’s Occupations in Graeco-Roman Antiquity
The Women Artisans of Philippi