What Paul Really Said About Women: The Apostle's Liberating Views on Equality in Marriage, Leadership, and LoveA challenge to the traditional understanding of St. Paul's epistles and sexism in today's church. |
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I highly recommend this book for anyone who, like me, was puzzled and troubled by what Paul seemed to mean in his passages concerning women. Id asked pastors, pastors' wives and other leaders and none ... Read full review
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Few books treat this topic so well. It's highly readable, very enlightening. It puts a whole new perspective on the issue of women in ministry. Anyone who believes a woman's role should be limited ... Read full review
Contents
Where the Idea That Women Are Inferior | 1 |
New Roles for Husbands and Wives | 31 |
Women as Leaders in the Church | 49 |
Educating Women | 67 |
The Question of Dress and Hairstyles | 79 |
Is Celibacy Holy? | 92 |
The Slandered Apostle | 110 |
Notes | 120 |
Suggested Readings | 126 |
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What Paul Really Said About Women: The Apostle's Liberating Views on ... John T. Bristow No preview available - 2011 |
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