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""Both evangelicalism and feminism are controversial movements that provoke complex loyalties and ambivalence within the church and the world at large. In spite of a considerable degree of shared history, they are quite often defined against each other. Most of the rhetoric from and about the movements assumes that there are few connections and little overlap, and that individuals might locate themselves within one or the other, but not within both. Yet some evangelical women in the academy find themselves living on the boundary between feminism and evangelicalism, or on the boundaries between the multiple forms of both feminism and evangelicalism.""--from the first chapterWhat happens when evangelicalism meets feminism?In their own biblical and theological training, Nicola Creegan and Christine Pohl have each lived at the intersection of these two movements They now both teach in Christian institutions of higher education where others follow along a similar pathway. They have a story to tell about their experience along with those of ninety other women they surveyed who have lived on the boundary between evangelicalism and feminism. They explore what it was like for evangelical women who pursued doctorates in biblical and theological studies. What were their experiences as they taught and wrote, were mentored and became mentors? What are the theological issues they faced, and how did they respond? How have they negotiated professional, family and church commitments? This well-informed, multidimensional and sensitive narrative of women's experience will be illuminating for anyone involved in the academic theological world.

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By not listening with care to the insights of women who take both evangelical identity and feminist concerns seriously, we evangelicals have not only caused much pain--we have failed to face some important theological challenges. This wonderful book is not only a legitimate plea for healing; it also points the way to new levels of theological integrity. --Richard J. Mouw, president and professor of Christian philosophy, Fuller Theological Seminary

Recommend that all evangelicals in biblical and theological scholarship, whether female or male, students or professors, read Living on the Boundaries. -- Bonnie L. Pattison for Calvin Theological Journal, November 2007

Living on the Boundaries is a fascinating combination of women's experience and sound research. The authors have gathered together a plethora of stories from women who have at one time or another understood themselves to be 'evangelicals' but who also have done doctoral work in theology. This group, by definition, challenges many of the unwritten or explicit assumptions about women's voices in the church and their authority to teach. Pohl and Creegan not only do a fine job of relaying the variegated narrative, they do it in a balanced and nuanced way. Finally, they add to their astute analysis of these stories a careful scholarly discussion of the theological and ecclesiological issues involved in the current evangelical world and its response to women today. They have tapped into an important but neglected slice of the contemporary Christian world in North America. --Cynthia S. W. Crysdale, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, School of Theology and Religious Studies, The Catholic University of America

Recommend that all evangelicals in biblical and theological scholarship, whether female or male, students or professors, read Living on the Boundaries.--Bonnie L. Pattison for Calvin Theological Journal, November 2007

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Christine D. Pohl (Ph.D., Emory University) is professor of church in society at Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky. Nicola Hoggard Creegan (M.Phil., Ph.D., Drew University) is lecturer in theology at the Bible College of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand.

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