Women of the Nineteenth Century: Sarah Stickney Ellis The industrialization of the nineteenth century was a tremendous social change in which Britain initially took the lead on. This meant for the middle class a new opening for change which has been continuing on for generations. Sex and gender roles have become one of the main focuses for many people in this Victorian period. Sarah Stickney Ellis was a writer who argued that it was the religious duty of women to improve society. Ellis felt domestic
Are You with Me or Not? The Episcopal Church of the United States is one of the most debatable when it comes to the subject of homosexuality and creating equal rights amongst its members. The church embraces a new kind of transitioning belief that sets them aside from other denominations. The Episcopal Church stems from the Church of England, dating to at least the second century. The Church was founded from the very beginnings on the Christian beliefs and is customary to regard the St. Augustine
Theological Perspective I have had many opportunities to write “statements of faith” in my many years of being entrenched in Evangelicalism. When writing a statement of faith in that context, I was essentially asked to affirm my belief in what those churches believed to be true. I wasn’t allowed to think or wrestle on my own to come up with my own theology. Writing my theological perspective here for the United Church of Christ is a new experience as I grapple with what it is I really believe