Celebrating the Women of the New Testament (Via Zoom)

November 3, 10, 17, 1:30pm-2:30pm (Central Time)

$20 preregistered/prepaid.

Registration Deadline: November 1 (A link will be sent to you one day prior to each session).

This event is co-sponsored by Pax Christi Parish.

Through nearly two millennia of the history of biblical interpretation, the women of the New Testament get little attention except when they are portrayed as sinners and supplicants. In fact, their lives were far more complex and filled with ambiguity. In Christian circles, their subordination to men was justified on the basis of Eve’s role in bringing evil and sin into the world. However, if we dig deeply into their stories, the women of the New Testament are more often presented as heroines and models of the ideal Christian life. They held roles of leadership within early church communities, even while early church writers argued against their right to do so. In three sessions, we will examine some of these New Testament stories to see what they tell us about the “real lives” of women in the earliest period of the Christian church. Perhaps we will discover that their lives were not all that different from our own.

Dr. Cathy Cory is recently retired from the Theology Department at the University of St. Thomas. She earned her Master of Arts degree in Theology from St. John’s University and her Ph.D. in Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity from the University of Notre Dame. Her area of specialization is the New Testament, in particular, the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation. She especially enjoys working with parishes and other adult faith formation groups to break open the word of God and reflect on its meaning for our lives today.

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