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Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts is unavailable, but you can change that!

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...

It has become common, especially in the United States, to refer to those who believe in male authority and clearly proscribed roles for women as complementarians, and for those who believe that women should be able to hold roles and offices equal to men as egalitarians. Unless I am quoting someone else who uses these terms, I am not, myself, going to use them. First, I believe that these terms do not best describe each perspective, and, second, I believe
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