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J. Dana Trent

J. Dana Trent is a graduate of Duke University Divinity School and ordained Baptist clergywoman. She teaches World Religions at Wake Technical Community College. Her most recent book is Dessert First: Preparing for Death While Savoring Life.

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Dear Beth Moore: Your Apology for Complementarianism Reeks of Complementarianism

Dear Beth: Confession: I am a clergywoman ordained in the Southern Baptist tradition who has completely denounced complementarianism as an institutional, theological, and scriptural concept. I am also…
J. Dana Trent
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Whatever COVID-19 Brings, This Chaplain Wants You to Remember That the Death Rate is Ultimately 100%

While Coronavirus Czar Mike Pence prays away the plague and the CDC offers its lackluster pandemic response, there’s a missing link in the COVID-19 conversation: there’s ultimately no if in dying…
J. Dana Trent
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Dear #MeToo Christians: Time to Take a Long Look in the Mirror

Confession: I hold an ordination from a denomination that, broadly speaking, does not ordain women. I have benefited greatly from this ministerial minority status. It propelled me forward in attending…
J. Dana Trent
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