Book Discussion: Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. Ronald W. Pierce and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, General Editors.
Index and links to posts.
Part I – Setting the Stage (The Historical Backdrop)
Chapter 1 – The Changing Roles of Women in Ministry: The Early Church Through the 18th Century. By Ruth A. Tucker.
Chapter 2 – Evangelical Women in Ministry a Century Ago: The 19th and Early 20th Centuries. By Janette Hassey.
Chapter 3 – Contemporary Evangelicals for Gender Equality. By Ronald W. Pierce.
Part II – Looking to Scripture (The Biblical Texts)
Chapter 4 – Equality With and Without Innocence: Genesis 1-3. Richard S. Hess.
Chapter 5 – From the Old Testament Law to New Testament Gospel. Ronald W. Pierce.
Chapter 6 – Women Leaders in the Bible. Linda L Belleville.
Chapter 7 – Jesus’ Treatment of Women in the Gospels. Aida Besancon Spencer.
Chapter 8 – Praying and Prophesying in the Assemblies: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. Gordon D. Fee
Chapter 9 – Learning in the Assemblies: 1 Corinthians 14:34-35. Craig S. Keener.
Chapter 10 – Male and Female in the New Creation: Galatians 3:26-29. Gordon D. Fee.
Chapter 11 – Mutual Love and Submission in Marriage: Colossians 3:18-19 and Ephesians 5:21-33. I. Howard Marshall.
Chapter 12 – Teaching and Usurping Authority: 1 Timothy 2:11-15. Linda L. Belleville.
Chapter 13 – A Silent Witness in Marriage: 1 Peter 3:1-7. Peter H. Davids.
Part III Thinking it Through (Logical and Theological Perspectives)
Chapter 14 – The Priority of Spirit Gifting for Church Ministry. Gordon D. Fee.
Chapter 15 – The Nature of Authority in the New Testament. Walter L. Liefield.
Chapter 16 – Biblical Priesthood and Women in Ministry. Stanley J. Grenz.
Chapter 17 (1st Edition) – God, Gender, and Biblical Metaphor. Judy L. Brown.
Chapter 17 (2nd Edition) - God, Metaphor and Gender: Is the God of the Bible a Male Diety? R. K. McGregor Wright.
Chapter 18 (Part 1) – “Equal in Being, Unequal in Role?” Exploring the Logic of Woman’s Subordination. Rebecca Merrill Grothuis
Chapter 18 (Part 2) – “Equal in Being, Unequal in Role?” Exploring the Logic of Woman’s Subordination. Rebecca Merrill Grothuis
Chapter 19 – The Subordination of Christ and the Subordination of Women. Kevin Giles.
IV. Addressing the Issues (Hermeneutical and Cultural Perspectives)
Chapter 20 – Biblical Hermeneutics: Basic Principles and Questions of Gender. Roger Nicole.
Chapter 21 – Hermeneutics and the Gender Debate. Gordon D. Fee.
Chapter 22 – A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic: The Slavery Analogy. William J. Webb.
Chapter 23 – Equality and Homosexuality. William J. Webb
Chapter 24 – Feminism and Abortion. Sulia Mason and Karen Mason.
V. Living it Out (Practical Applications)
Chapter 25 – In Search of Holy Joy: Women and Self-Esteem. Joan Burgess Winfrey.
Chapter 26 – Marriage as a Partnership of Equals. Judith K. Balswick and Jack O. Balswick.
Chapter 27 – Nature, Culture and Gender Complementarity. Cynthia Neal Kimball.
Chapter 28 – Helping the Church Understand Biblical Equality. Mimi Haddad and Alvera Mickelsen.
Chapter 29 – Toward Reconciliation: Healing the Schism. Alice P. Mathews.
Yes. Michael. I'm going to have to read this. Since neither my budget nor time allow me to get every book I'd like to. Thanks for reveiwing it for us.
Posted by: Ted Gossard | Oct 14, 2006 at 07:04 AM
My pleasure Ted. This is one of my favorite practical theology topics and this is on of my favorite books on the topic.
Posted by: Michael Kruse | Oct 14, 2006 at 07:17 AM
OK, I have finally (I'm terrible about that) linked to you so that I will be sure to remember to keep up with this conversation! I have already read the book and loved it, and am looking forward to discussing it with you and others... (Btw, your comments regarding men/women/gender over at Jesus Creed were just plain AWESOME. :)
Posted by: molly | Oct 14, 2006 at 08:50 PM
Thanks Molly! I didn't plan this series to coincide with Scot's stuff but it sure has mad a nice companion converation.
Posted by: Michael Kruse | Oct 14, 2006 at 09:46 PM
Your link to chapter 8 is incorrect.
Posted by: Ruud Vermeij | Oct 17, 2006 at 05:19 AM
Thanks for catching the bad link. It should work now.
Posted by: Michael Kruse | Oct 17, 2006 at 08:31 AM
You are messing up again with your links (ch. 16 & 17), there is also a typo in the link title to chapter 16 (Prisethood)
Posted by: Ruud Vermeij | Oct 25, 2006 at 02:32 AM
Thanks for catching the typo. I am not sure what was up with the links. I re-entered what appears to be the same character string and now they work fine.
Thanks!
Posted by: Michael Kruse | Oct 25, 2006 at 08:28 AM
Ruud, I have been using Mozilla browser as I have linked up posts on the last few chapters. When I copied the URL for Chap 18 P1 to the "next" link in Chap 17 it worked fine. I went to the "Index" and used the same URL for the Chap 18 P1 link and it didn't work. I went back and copied the same URL from the same original source and pasted it and the link worked fine.
Arrrgh! Thanks for catching these. If any one spies problems let me know. I think all the links should be fine now.
Posted by: Michael Kruse | Oct 25, 2006 at 09:18 AM