Judith Lieu assesses how unusual it was for Jesus to have female disciples.
We spoke to more than 50 scholars and other experts in the course of making the documentary For the Love of God: How the church is better and worse than you ever imagined.
This collection is a way of making their formidable expertise available to you, in a format that we hope can be navigated and used as easily as possible.
We'll be adding to it over the coming months, so make sure you come back regularly to see what's new. We hope you will explore, enjoy, and share these many moments of clarity, insight, sorrow, excitement, and personal reflection.
Judith Lieu assesses how unusual it was for Jesus to have female disciples.
Sarah Coakley comments on the tension between what Jesus made possible and how that played out in church life.
Lynn Cohick explains what we learn from an ancient letter and some brave women.
Susan Hayward resists popular stereotypes while evaluating what women in particular bring to peacebuilding.
Beverly Gaventa says it’s hard to generalise about the experience of women in the ancient world.
Sarah Coakley unpacks a very complicated history.
