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Mary Foskett

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Professor of Religious Studies, Wake Forest University

‘Holy Women at Christ’s Tomb,’ by 16th-century painter Annibale Carracci, shows an angel explaining that Jesus has risen. Hermitage Museum via Wikimedia Commons

March 20, 2026

In the Easter story, women are the first to proclaim the resurrection – but churches today are still divided over female preachers

Mary Foskett, Wake Forest University

Women’s preaching is controversial in some Christian denominations – but key to the biblical story of Jesus’ resurrection.

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