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Hopelessly patriarchal. That's how feminists have oft-described the Bible. And they're right. It is patriarchal at the core and through and through. Like love and marriage, the Christian Bible and patriarchy go together: any attempt to dismiss the rule of men must begin by dismissing the Rule of God, i.e., the Holy Bible. For the Scriptures themselves are, in the main, addressed to men. Every thoughtful Christian- man, woman and child- knows quite well that in addressing men, God addresses all. For the male functions as the head in the various covenant spheres, and in addressing them God makes plain...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. Alysha Cosby was told she couldn't take part in her graduation at St. Jude Educational Institute in Montgomery, Alabama, because she was pregnant. But after the last student on the program received a diplomas, Cosby announced her own name and walked across the stage anyway -- to the cheers of many of her classmates at the Roman Catholic high school. Still -- according to a newspaper (the Montgomery Advertiser) -- some at last night's ceremony considered her move in poor taste. The school had delivered her diploma to her house earlier in the day, but she still wanted...

A 1997-98 Stanford Boothe Prize for Excellence in Writing winner: "Shattering Illusions: Western Conceptions of Muslim Women" by Saimah Ashraf saimah@leland.stanford.edu "Rose Hamid is as American as they come. She drives a Ford station wagon, leads a local Girl Scout troop, shops at the Gap and just attended her 20-year high school reunion" writes Laurie Goodstein in a recent New York Times article (A1). From this brief description of Rose, readers may have formed a particular picture of her in their minds. If they were told, however, that "Rose Hamid wears a head scarf in keeping with her Muslim faith,'"...