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In Finally Feminist, John Stackhouse proposes a way forward by affirming both the patriarchal and the feminist (or complementarian and egalitarian) reading of Scripture. He argues that these emphases exist side by side in the Bible. He then provides biblical, theological, and practical arguments for his own understanding: Equality is the biblical ideal, but patriarchy is allowed and regulated by...

that all those holy and intelligent people who disagree with me are just plain wrong—and that seems unlikely in the extreme.) In particular, I would like to find a way to keep from suggesting that the Bible contradicts itself and to avoid the intolerable conclusion that Jesus and Paul contradict themselves.3 To do so, I need to outline a set of principles that, taken together, both justify and qualify Christian egalitarianism in home, church, and society. If
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