Jesus Feminist, Sarah Bessey
Jesus Feminist, Sarah Bessey
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Jesus Feminist
An Invitation to Revisit the Bible's View of Women

Author: Sarah Bessey

Narrator: Cassandra Campbell

Unabridged: 5 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/09/2014


Synopsis

For centuries, the role of women in the Church has been a subdued one, with many limitations. The time has come, argues Sarah Bessey—who has been called an "accidental grassroots voice for postmodern and progressive evangelical women"—to take a new look at Scripture and challenge old assumptions.

In Jesus Feminist, Bessey shares her spiritual journey, which ranges from growing up in a post–gender-debate home to learning about the worldwide struggles of women and the obstacles even a well-meaning church can pose. Through disarmingly intimate storytelling, she tells how she grew to understand the story of God and the vastness of his work through women. Never one to shy away from the hard questions, Bessey engages critically with Scripture and church practices that are often used against full equality and shares how following Jesus made a feminist out of her.

Filled with beauty, hard truth, and brave vulnerability, Jesus Feminist urges the Church to stop asking "man or woman" as a qualification for ministry and to start helping everyone find freedom in the fullness, hope, glory, and work of Christ.

About Sarah Bessey

Sarah Bessey is a writer and award-winning blogger. She is also an editor at A Deeper Story and a contributor to SheLoves Magazine. She lives in Abbotsford, British Columbia, with her husband, Brian, and their three children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kari on December 04, 2013

Because it seems pertinent: I’m a feminist! Yay! I would like to tell you that I am a feminist because of Jesus. It’s probably true in some ways, but I prefer to say that I became a feminist because of my mother and my aunts and my grandmothers and the way they were Jesus to me. I could also say I am......more

Goodreads review by Anne on October 14, 2019

A solid first book, and an important one for its conversation-starting potential.......more

Goodreads review by Luke on October 07, 2014

Right out of the gate, let me say that I think what Sarah is doing here is really important. By putting the word "Jesus" in lights right next to "feminist," she's forcing a certain conversation that some folks would rather not have right now (or ever). Feminism has been recast in the past few decade......more

Goodreads review by April on December 13, 2013

Full review here: [URL not allowed] This book has taught in what order my own philosophies lie, I am a feminist over an atheist. I like to think of myself as a humanist first, so this really shouldn't surprise me. I think that this is a fantastic book for Christian women. It's......more

Goodreads review by Ed on November 04, 2013

Sarah Bessey boldly writes about the message of Jesus and its intersections with feminism while keeping her arms open and creating space for all. I've followed Sarah's blog for years now. I knew that something like this book was in the works, and even I am still surprised at how she managed to take......more