Description
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.
Author: Alice Mathews
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 05/23/2017
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780310529392
ISBN10: 0310529395
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living | Women's Interests
- Religion | Christian Church | History
- History | Women