Augustine, the Bible & Women

Augustine left us with a difficult heritage. A religion which teaches men and women to regard their humanity as chronically flawed can alienate them from themselves. Nowhere is this alienation more evident than in the denigration of sexuality in general and women in particular. Even though Christianity had originally been quite positive [...]

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International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day I pause to salute all the women out there who have made this world a better place in whatever capacities they may have found or placed themselves in. I especially salute those who, though doubly taxed by having to manage domestic and office work, can still “skate” themselves gracefully through [...]

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