It was more than a decade ago, but I still remember that moment vividly. It was one of the few times in my life where I found myself genuinely speechless. My husband and I had been visiting a church near…
Kristin Kobes Du MezApril 15, 2021
A couple weeks back, evangelical Twitter erupted with the drama unfolding around Aimee Byrd and her new book, Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose. Byrd is no liberal. A member of the Orthodox…
Kristin Kobes Du MezJuly 9, 2020
Women of Faith and the First Women’s Rights Movement: Lessons for Today Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 7:30 pm, Fox Hall Eckerd College, St. Peteresburg, Florida Christian women were critical to the nineteenth-century women’s rights movement, and their support for women’s suffrage…
Kristin Kobes Du MezFebruary 19, 2020
The tricky thing about cultures, though—cultural systems, cultural values, however you want to put it—is that they’re largely invisible to us when we’re inside those cultures. When you’re comfortably ensconced within a culture, it’s really hard to see your culture…
Kristin Kobes Du MezOctober 24, 2019
What's at stake in debates about women's authority, warrior masculinity, and sexual abuse in the SBC--and in American evangelicalism. https://youtu.be/NZc8_y4l7l4 Subscribe to YouTube Channel: Click Here
Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 9, 2019
Cited in Yonat Shimron and Adelle M. Banks article "Beth Moore's Ministry Reignites Debate Over Whether Women Can Preach," Religion News Service, June 5, 2019. Excerpts: In the world of Bible teachers, Beth Moore is a rock star. She packs…
Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 5, 2019
Cited in article by Elizabeth Evans, "The Complex Role of Faith in the Women's Suffrage Movement." Religion News Service, 4 June 2019. https://religionnews.com/2019/06/04/the-complex-role-of-faith-in-the-womens-suffrage-movement/ Excerpts: This week marks 100 years since Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing women the…
Kristin Kobes Du MezJune 4, 2019
As news spread of Rachel Held Evans’s death, one quote continued to pop up in my social media feed, a quote from her book Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church: But the gospel doesn’t need a coalition…
Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 21, 2019
Thoughts on the significance of Beth Moore's critique of complementarianism -- it's not about the Bible, it's about power, misogyny, sexism, arrogance. Beth Moore Calls Out Complementarianism https://youtu.be/cPFhMvVu1Ik
Kristin Kobes Du MezMay 11, 2019