Are Christian women biblically illiterate?

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Ann-Louise Graham considers how well we know the Bible and ponders whether the Church and its women’s ministries are to blame

Before we can attempt to measure biblical literacy, we must first define what it means. According to Natalie Brand, a British theologian and author with a PhD in systematic theology, Christian women tend to read more than men in her experience. As she explains: “Women are just hungry for the word, and they’re buying Bible studies after Bible studies and books after books. They’re overly resourced. I’m on Instagram and I can see all these women hungry for these things like the podcast that’s in the UK: ‘Two sisters and a cup of tea’.” 

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