The status of women in the church is one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. Some Protestant churches have either abandoned or radically modified their interpretations of Biblical passages to allow women to take leadership roles and to accommodate social change. Other churches believe that certain passages forbid women to take leadership roles, even though equality between the sexes was taught by Jesus Christ and demonstrated in the early Christian community. This work examines the nature of the current controversies concerning women in the church and traces the status of women through 2,000 years of church history.…mehr
The status of women in the church is one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. Some Protestant churches have either abandoned or radically modified their interpretations of Biblical passages to allow women to take leadership roles and to accommodate social change. Other churches believe that certain passages forbid women to take leadership roles, even though equality between the sexes was taught by Jesus Christ and demonstrated in the early Christian community. This work examines the nature of the current controversies concerning women in the church and traces the status of women through 2,000 years of church history.
Lesly F. Massey is an adjunct professor of religion at Amberton University. He has been a missionary in South Africa and worked in Haiti, El Salvador, Nicaragua and various countries in Africa. He also conducts workshops with churches on gender equality.
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Table of Contents Foreword by the Rev. Christine Tata Introduction Abbreviations 1. Women in the Life and Ministry of Jesus 2. Women in the Earliest Christian Community 3. Solutions to Transitional Problems 4. Reversion to Patriarchal Models 5. The Course of Church Tradition 6. Alexander Campbell and the American Restoration Movement 7. The Anti-Slavery Movement and Modern Feminism 8. Churches and Divergent Paths 9. The Continuing Theological Dilemma 10. Strategy for Change Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Foreword by the Rev. Christine Tata Introduction Abbreviations 1. Women in the Life and Ministry of Jesus 2. Women in the Earliest Christian Community 3. Solutions to Transitional Problems 4. Reversion to Patriarchal Models 5. The Course of Church Tradition 6. Alexander Campbell and the American Restoration Movement 7. The Anti-Slavery Movement and Modern Feminism 8. Churches and Divergent Paths 9. The Continuing Theological Dilemma 10. Strategy for Change Bibliography Index
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