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Frederica Mathewes-Green
Monday Oct 20th - Mercer University: Newton Chapel
7 p.m.
From East to West to East: One Woman's Discovery of the Ancient Christian Faith
After rejecting the Christianity of her
childhood, Frederica Mathewes-Green, noted author and National Public Radio
Commentator, looked for truth in all the world's religions. The poetry and
mysticism of Hinduism especially attracted her. On her honeymoon in Europe
her faith in eastern religion was shattered. Visiting a small church in
Ireland, Mathewes-Green met Christ. This encounter changed her. She and
her husband entered seminary in the Episcopal Church and this one time child
of the sixties counter-culture became a pastor's wife. Her spiritual
journey, however, was not finished. To discover the rest of the story, come
hear this moving testimony of how a rebel against Christianity came to be a
priest's wife in the oldest Christian church. Her story speaks to the
spiritual longing that many Americans feel. If you are a spiritual seeker
or know someone who is, this talk is for you.
Tues Oct 21st - Wesleyan College
11:15-noon
Jesus Prayer & Spirituality (This will NOT be open to
the public due to space limitations at Wesleyan.)
noon-1 p.m. Informal Luncheon with Wesleyan students
Tues Oct 21st - St. Innocent Orthodox Church
7 p.m.
Men and
Women, Alike and Different in Eastern Christianity
Christians have normally stressed that
men and women have distinct gender roles, much to the disappointment of
feminists. The Eastern Orthodox Church, however, has taken a different
approach that addresses the distinctions between men and women while
stressing how these are transcended in Christ. Come join us as
Frederica Mathews-Green, author of
Gender: Men, Women, Sex, Feminism, leads us in a provocative
discussion of how the Eastern Christian tradition views gender.
Biography
Frederica Mathewes-Green is a wide-ranging author, whose work has appeared in
such diverse publications as the Washington Post, Christianity
Today, Smithsonian, the Los Angeles Times, First
Things, Books & Culture, Sojourners, Touchstone,
and the Wall Street Journal. She is a regular columnist for the
multifaith web magazine Beliefnet.com, and she writes movie reviews for
National Review Online and Christianity Today Movies.
She has published 8 books, including Facing East: A Pilgrim’s Journey
into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy (HarperCollins, 1997) and The Illumined
Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation (Paraclete, 2001). In
the past, her commentaries have been heard on National Public Radio’s All
Things Considered and Morning Edition. Her essays were selected
for Best Christian Writing in 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2006, and Best
Spiritual Writing in 1998 and 2007. She has published over 600 articles.
She has also appeared as a speaker over 400 times, at places like Yale,
Harvard, Princeton, Wellesley, Cornell, Calvin, Baylor, and Westmont; at the
Smithsonian Institute, the Aspen Institute, Washington National Cathedral, the
Los Angeles Times Book Festival, the American Academy of Religion, the Veritas
Forum, the Family Research Council, and the National Right to Life Committee.
She has been interviewed on PrimeTime Live, the Diane Rehm Show, the 700
Club, PBS, CNN, NBC, Fox News, and by Time, Newsweek, the New Republic, USA
Today, the Chicago Tribune, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the New York Times.
She lives with her husband, the Rev. Gregory Mathewes-Green, in Baltimore,
MD, where he is pastor and she is “Khouria” (“Mother”) of the church they
founded, Holy Cross Orthodox Church. Their three children are grown and married,
and they have 9 grandchildren. Since 1997, Frederica has been recording books
for the blind with the Radio Reading Network of Maryland.
Details
Current
- Beliefnet.com, columnist
- National Review Online, movie reviews and cultural commentary
- Christianity Today Movies, movie reviews
- Christianity Today, Contributing Editor
- National Public Radio, occasional commentator (“Morning Edition”)
- Contributor: First Things, Christianity Today, Touchstone, Books &
Culture, others
See Frederica's website for more info
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