Archive: Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier by Alvin F Kimel Jr. To replace or alter the triune formula is to repudiate the creed, church, God of our baptism. We may examine two recent proposals. First, "Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier." This formula does not and cannot...

Archive: Patriarchy and Language by Roland M. Frye Feminist theology often defends the use of gender-inclusive language for the godhead by arguing that the vision of the biblical writers was bound by the patriarchal limits of their society and that they could not...

Archive: Why Masculine Terms? by Elizabeth Achtemeier More pressing for the feminists is the question of why God reveals himself only in masculine terms. Elaine Pagels is quite correct when she states that "the absence of feminine symbolism of God marks Judaism,...

Archive: Why We Don’t Call God Mother By John N Oswalt It is frequently asserted that until we erase male pronouns and appellations from our language about God, there is no hope for bringing women to full "personhood" as Christians. Furthermore, it is asserted that...

Archive: Is the UM Church a Confessional Denomination? By Kenneth Cain Kinghorn During the 1960s, a cult of self expression mushroomed within both secular society and America's oldline denominations. Certain people within the churches substituted individual autonomy...

Archive: Prayer and praise denote Aldersgate ’94 gathering A whole lot of praying and praising was going on in Washington, D.C. when more than 1,450 United Methodists gathered for Aldersgate '94, the 16th denomination-wide conference on the Holy Spirit. The four-day...