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CONTENTS Abbreviations 9 Preface 11 Introduction 13 Rebecca Merrill Groothuis and Ronald W. Pierce I. SETTING THE STAGE (THE HISTORICAL BACKDROP) 1 THE CHANGING ROLES OF WOMEN IN MINISTRY : 23 The Early Church Through the 18th Century Ruth A. Tucker 2 EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN MINISTRY A CENTURY AGO: 39 The 19th and Early 20th Centuries Janette Hassey <BR><HR><BR> <CH3> 3 CONTEMPORARY EVANGELICALS FOR GENDER EQUALITY 58 Ronald W. Pierce II. LOOKING TO SCRIPTURE (THE BIBLICAL TEXTS) 4 EQUALITY WITH AND WITHOUT INNOCENCE: 79 Genesis 1-3 Richard S. Hess 5 FROM OLD TESTAMENT LAW TO NEW TESTAMENT GOSPEL 96 Ronald W. Pierce 6 WOMEN LEADERS IN THE BIBLE 110 Linda L. Belleville 7 JESUS' TREATMENT OF WOMEN IN THE GOSPELS 126 Aída Besançon Spencer 8 PRAYING AND PROPHESYING IN THE ASSEMBLIES: 142 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Gordon D. Fee 9 LEARNING IN THE ASSEMBLIES: 161 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 Craig S. Keener 10 MALE AND FEMALE IN THE NEW CREATION: 172 Galatians 3:26-29 Gordon D. Fee 11 MUTUAL LOVE AND SUBMISSION IN MARRIAGE : 186 Colossians 3:18-19 and Ephesians 5:21-33 I. Howard Marshall 12 TEACHING AND USURPING AUTHORITY: 205 1 Timothy 2:11-15 Linda L. Belleville 13 A SILENT WITNESS IN MARRIAGE: 224 1 Peter 3:1-7 Peter H. Davids III. THINKING IT THROUGH (LOGICAL AND THEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES) 14 THE PRIORITY OF SPIRIT GIFTING FOR CHURCH MINISTRY 241 Gordon D. Fee 15 THE NATURE OF AUTHORITY IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 255 Walter L. Liefeld 16 BIBLICAL PRIESTHOOD AND WOMEN IN MINISTRY 272 Stanley J. Grenz 17 TBA 18 "EQUAL IN BEING, UNEQUAL IN ROLE": 301 Exploring the Logic of Woman's Subordination Rebecca Merrill Groothuis 19 THE SUBORDINATION OF CHRIST AND 334 THE SUBORDINATION OF WOMEN Kevin Giles IV. ADDRESSING THE ISSUES (HERMENEUTICAL AND CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES) 20 BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS: 355 Basic Principles and Questions of Gender Roger Nicole DiscoverBiblical.book Page 6 Tuesday, September 7, 2004 2:15 PM 21 HERMENEUTICS AND THE GENDER DEBATE 364 Gordon D. Fee 22 A REDEMPTIVE-MOVEMENT HERMENEUTIC: 382 The Slavery Analogy William J. Webb 23 GENDER EQUALITY AND HOMOSEXUALITY 401 William J. Webb 24 FEMINISM AND ABORTION 414 Sulia Mason and Karen Mason V. LIVING IT OUT (PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS) 25 IN SEARCH OF HOLY JOY: 431 Women and Self-Esteem Joan Burgess Winfrey 26 MARRIAGE AS A PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS 448 Judith K. Balswick and Jack O. Balswick 27 NATURE, CULTURE AND GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY 464 Cynthia Neal Kimball 28 HELPING THE CHURCH UNDERSTAND BIBLICAL EQUALITY 481 Mimi Haddad and Alvera Mickelsen 29 TOWARD RECONCILIATION: 494 Healing the Schism Alice P. Mathews About the Contributors 508 Name Index 513 Subject Index 517 Scripture Index 522
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Sex role -- Biblical teaching.
Equality -- Biblical teaching.
Evangelicalism.