
Gender Roles and the People of God
Rethinking What We Were Taught about Men and Women in the Church
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Gender Roles and the People of God
Rethinking What We Were Taught about Men and Women in the Church
About this book
Most women in the church don't aspire to "lord" it over men, nor do they want to scramble for position. Instead, they want to be accepted as full participants in God's work, sharing in kingdom tasks in ways that use their gifts appropriately.
In Gender Roles and the People of God, author, radio host, and professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 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 investigates the difficult passages often used to preclude women from certain areas of service, pointing to better and more faithful understandings of those verses.
Encouraging and hopeful, Mathews aims for an "egalitarian complementarity" in which men and women use all of their gifts in the church together, in partnership, for the glory of God.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The Dangers of a Misleading Reading
- Part 1: Stand-Out Women In Their Patriarchal Worlds
- Part 2: Assessing the Theology Behind Gender-Based Hierarchy
- Part 3: Historical Realities That Still Challenge Women