Alisa Ruddell
Alisa Ruddell is a staff writer and associate editor for Christ and Pop Culture, and has also published at the Christian Research Journal, Salt and Iron, and her Substack and podcast Orders of Magnitude. She lives in Virginia with her husband and four children, and loves nothing more than reading aloud to her kids on the couch.
Articles by Alisa Ruddell
The Theological Problem of the “Choosy Womb”, Part 2: Hospitality in a Botanical Paradigm
The botanical paradigm enables me to better live with uncertainty. It enables me to avoid throwing the choosy female body under the bus. It lets me view my complex embodiment…
The Theological Problem of the “Choosy Womb”, Part 1: An Honest Look at Spontaneous Abortion
How should we morally evaluate or rank the various choices we make that lead to embryo death?
Gendered Worlds: Our Need for Belonging and Usefulness
If we choose to befriend our many obligations—to connect with other people, to love, to serve, to create, to borrow, to lend, to repair, to celebrate, to support—instead of buying…