Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets

Gender roles and the people of God : rethinking what we were taught about men and women in the church / Alice Mathews.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: 238 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0310529395
  • 9780310529392
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.8344 23
  • 261.8
LOC classification:
  • BT704 .M39 2017
  • BT704 .M38 2017
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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Cover image Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Vol info URL Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds Item hold queue priority Course reserves
Book NPTS Library General Stacks 261.8344 MAT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available NPTS005245

Includes bibliographical references.

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.

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.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.