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Mathews, Alice, 1930-
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Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Mathews, Alice, 1930-
Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
MARC Display
Gender
roles
and the
people
of
God
:
rethinking
what
we
were
taught
about
men
and
women
in the
church
/ Alice Mathews.
by
Mathews, Alice, 1930-
Zondervan, c2017.
Call #:
261.8 M429g
Subjects
Women
-- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
ISBN:
9780310529392 (pbk.)
0310529395 (pbk.)
Description:
238 p. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
The dangers of a misleading reading -- The birth of patriarchy -- Ezer
women
in a patriarchal world -- Jesus and
women
: the divine counterpunch -- Positive images of
women
in New Testament churches -- The battle of the texts : 1 Timothy 2:12 and 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 -- The battle of the lexicons :
what
does head mean in the New Testament? -- Is Jesus eternally subordinate to
God
the Father? Or are they coequal? --
Women
, leadership, and the nature of ministry -- Patristic and medieval attitudes toward
women
-- Can patriarchal ideas survive the Renaissance and the Age of Enlightenment? -- Recycling the cult of true womanhood -- Where are
we
today?
Rethinking
what
we
've been
taught
.
Summary:
In
Gender
Roles
and the
People
of
God
, Alice Mathews surveys the
roles
women
have played in the Bible and throughout
church
history, demonstrating both the inspiring contributions of
women
and the many hurdles that have been placed in their path. Along the way, she examines the difficult passages often used to preclude
women
from certain areas of service, pointing to other faithful understandings of those verses. From back cover.
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