Susan Shaw Archives – Page 2 of 8

A new book on the Bible and LGBTQ folks by a straight, white man is not what we need

A conservative biblical scholar has changed his mind about LGBTQ folks. I supposed I should be excited, but I find myself quite appreciative of Anna Sieges’ insightful and appropriately critical comments about Richard B. Hays’ (along with his son Christopher) book…

Are we really doing this again?

I’m tired already. And filled with a sense of deja vu and dread as we face another Trump run for the presidency. More than half of Trump supporters in 2024 are evangelicals. Imagine that. People who profess to be Christian…

Wrestling with the reality of sexual abuse in the Easter story in Surviving God

In their new book, Surviving God: A New Vision of God Through the Eyes of Sexual Abuse Survivors, Grace Ji-Sun Kim and Susan Shaw offer a feminist and intersectional understanding of God that challenges traditional ways of Christian thinking. Kim…

Watch your language and your beliefs, sex abuser survivors tell the church

The insidious and chronic nature of church sexual abuse is an outgrowth of patriarchal concepts of the divine that provide theological cover for abusers and shame for their victims, said the authors of a new book on theologies of abuse….

Southern Baptist theology set me up for sexual abuse

I grew up in a fundamentalist Southern Baptist church in Georgia. I was on the “cradle roll” from the time I was six weeks old, and I was at church “every time the doors were open,” as the saying goes….

In defense of DEI: 10 benefits of DEI in higher education

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs in higher education are under attack around the country. Conservatives see these programs as purveyors of “wokeism” that limit free speech and teach discrimination, hate and divisiveness. I’ve spent my 37-year-career in higher education in…