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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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | What Paul Really Said About Women: The Apostle's Liberating Views on Equality in Marriage, Leadership, and Love |
| Author | John T. Bristow |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harper Collins, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0062116592, 9780062116598 |
| Length | 144 pages |
| Subjects | › Religion / General |
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