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Bio: Charlene M. Proctor

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Why Orthodox Men Love Church

Many men may not love church, but Orthodox men do. Frederica Matthewes-Green asks them why.

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Let the Women Preach

An outspoken evangelical says that if a man is concerned about women preachers, he 'needs to be healed. He needs prayer.'

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'We Are What We Do'

ISNA's new president Ingrid Mattson says American Muslims' 'special obligations' are as important now as when 9/11 occurred.

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Score One More for Women Imams

With my leading a mixed congregation--including a Grand Mufti--in prayer, another step was taken to legitimizing women imams.

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A Quite Contrary Mary

Like Jesus, Mary Magdalene is now the subject of a cultural makeover. What agenda do feminist scholars have in mind?

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A Rabbi Who Shattered the Stained-Glass Ceiling

When Sally Priesand became the first U.S. woman rabbi, she transformed leadership in American Judaism.

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The Episcopal Church's Bellwether Conflict

The controversy among Episcopalians over the ordination of gay bishops is a measure of our national quandary on gay rights.

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Women Pastors: Not the 'Path to Blessing'

A Bible scholar says women who preach to men are disobeying the word of God.

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