Thank you for your review and warnings to Christians. The wonderful thing here illustrated is that men and women made in the image of God and by His grace are still capable of wonderful acts of mercy, of using wisdom, love, kindness, gentleness .. to these poor women of the world .. who have suffered so terribly.

Could you make a comment or two as to why you would or would not support the varieties of organisations who support women suffering oppression? In what ways are the worldviews being expressed between say a non Christian NGO group and a Christian NGO group different? Does it matter in the end? If at the end women are being helped out of misery isn’t that enough? (I say this to expand some things you have hinted at – but need to expand on – so Christians can see what you are driving at as someone who hold to a Christian worldview shaped by the gospel of grace…)

One concern I have about the review, in the 3rd paragraph: Tim writes, “One thing that impressed me about this book was that, while it was written about women, it did not ever fall into outright feminism.” Do we have room in our biblical theology for women-centered work that isn’t confused with feminism? Must ministries or books that aim to shed light on hardships faced by women worldwide always be dangerously tip-toeing toward feminism? The word is clearly a dirty one in most Christian conversations, and keeps many of us from acknowledging good work when acknowledgment is due. Either a more precise definition of feminism, or another way of understanding ministry done on behalf of women, seems to be in order.