The Transformation of Women in Politics and Nonprofit Work

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Curtis: I want to ask you as a woman of faith, if you could share what yes, your experience of been like as a woman traversing kind of the various realms of power. Shari says she was raised in a very conservative Christian home and had certain expectations about the ways that men in power would behave. "The fact that someone called themselves a Christian didn't necessarily mean that they always behaved or used that power in ways that were honoring to God have seen many instances"

We’ve witnessed story after story about the abuse of power practiced by Christians and Christian institutions. Does that mean that, to quote Lord Acton, that “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely?” How should followers of Jesus relate to the possibility of wielding power? Cherie Harder, the President of The Trinity Forum, is ideally suited to address these questions. She’s spent a lifetime in the corridors of power and shares a wealth of theological and practical wisdom on this important topic.

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For a helpful theological examination about power, check out Andy Crouch’s Playing God: Redeeming the Gift of Power.

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