What Is Her.meneutics?

The Christianity Today women's blog provides news and analysis from the perspective of evangelical women. We cover news stories and books related to international justice and evangelism, pregnancy and sexual ethics, marriage, parenting, and celibacy, pop culture, health and body image, raising girls, and women in the church and parachurch.

Her.meneutics is edited by associate editor Katelyn Beaty and online editor Sarah Pulliam Bailey.

Free Newsletters

CT Movies
(weekly)
CT Direct
(daily)
CT Weekly
(weekly)

books we're reading

« Ruth Moon | Main | Laura Leonard »

March 19, 2009

Christine A. Scheller


Chris%202009.JPG
Christine A. Scheller is a journalist and essayist. She has also been a chef, a ranch hand, a book editor, a home educator, and a pastor's wife. She has been writing for Christianity Today since 2002 and holds a journalism degree from Rutgers University. Christine lives with her family in central New Jersey.

Saving the Life of a Shaken Baby | Byron and Susan Mondoks' adoption of their granddaughter, abused by her birth father, unearths the meaning of love in action. (February 5, 2010)

Dave Ramsey, Megan McArdle, and Jesus | The Atlantic blogger's new-found appreciation for the evangelical finance guru forgets his inspiration. (December 4, 2009)

Penny Pinching as a Christian Virtue? | The spiritual dimensions of frugal living. (October 26, 2009)

This Is Your Brain on Evangelicalism | NPR reporter Barbara Bradley Hagerty's Princeton lecture last week revealed a woman highly ambivalent about evangelical spirituality. (October 12, 2009)


Does Religiosity Encourage Teenage Pregnancy?
| An interview with Joseph Strayhorn, the co-author of "Religion and Teen Pregnancy Rates." (September 28, 2009)

U.K. Christian Says Yes to Abstinence, No to Gardasil | Should women like Simone Davis be required to take STD-preventing shots if they are not having sex? (September 18, 2009)

The Case for Male Circumcision | Why the arguments from sentiment and sexual pleasure don't cut it for me. (September 10, 2009)

Running in the Shadow of 9/11 | Much of my life has been lived in the kinetic shadow of New York City. Last weekend, I owned that city’s streets for three hours. (August 21, 2009)

So, How Are Those Summer Reading Lists Coming? | How to read the Bible in an age of anxiety; plus three book reviews from Christine A. Scheller. (August 17, 2009)

Corrupt Clergy and Forgiveness | Cases like last week's organ-brokering scandal in New Jersey leave no room for cheap grace. (July 28, 2009)

Cohabiting Couples on the Rise | The cultural trend isn't going away anytime soon. How should the church respond? (July 16, 2009)

Sarah Palin: Andrew Sullivan's Punching Bag | The last thing the former governor needs is journalists criticizing her for being true to her own life. (July 6, 2009)

Neda: More Than Her Death | Behind the stark symbol of her videotaped death is one vibrant life snuffed out and a family in mourning. (June 24, 2009)

The Downside of Hooking Up | The message of 'female sexual liberation' comes with a cost. (June 16, 2009)

Is it a Sin to Nip and Tuck? | Cosmetic surgery may be one more manifestation of Paul's warning about self-improvement. (June 2, 2009)

Obama: A Friend to Pro-Lifers? | The President's outlined goals for reducing abortions are ones I can support - as long as he sticks to them. (May 19, 2009)

Nutrition for Nascent Human Life | I'm grateful that the government helped feed my child; I'm less okay with asking it to erase inequality among all citizens. (May 4, 2009)

An Apologetic for Ink | Why I got a second tattoo after the first one was a complete mess. (April 20, 2009)

Deciphering a Religion Journalist's Deconversion | William Lobdell's rejection of faith seems less examined than his own reporting for the Los Angeles Times. (April 6, 2009)

tags

February 2010
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
  1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28