Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women
- Authors
- Peppiatt, Lucy
- Publisher
- IVP Academic
- Tags
- women in ministry;headship;submission;gender roles;christian marriage;christianity and gender;women in paul;paul's view of women;can women preach;women priests;women pastors;biblical gender roles;women in the bible;gender studies;paul and women;women in leadership;women preach;woman pastor;woman leader;ephesians;colossians;1 peter;1 timothy;1 corinthians;complementarian;egalitarian;gender roles in the bible;scripture;biblical studies;equality;women ordained;patriarchy;patriarchal
- Date
- 2019-08-06T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 2.17 MB
- Lang
- en
2019 IVP Readers' Choice Award **Does God call women to serve as equal partners in marriage and as leaders in the church?** The answer to this straightforward question is deeply contested. Into the fray, Lucy Peppiatt offers her work on interpretation of the Bible and Christian practice. With careful exegetical work, Peppiatt considers relevant passages in Ephesians, Colossians, 1 Peter, 1 Timothy, and 1 Corinthians. There she finds a story of God releasing women alongside men into all forms of ministry, leadership, work, and service on the basis of character and gifting, rather than biological sex. Those who see the overturning of male-dominated hierarchy in the Scriptures, she argues, are truly rediscovering an ancient message--a message distorted by those who assumed that a patriarchal world, which they sometimes saw reflected in the Bible, was the one God had ordained.