Beyond the Evangelical Gender Roles Gridlock - Reimagining Pauls Views on Women, Marriage, and Ministry

As a rejoinder to the evangelical gender roles debate, this work reassesses what Paul said about women and reinterprets his claims on marriage and ministry leadership in light of his first-century worldview. This book proposes a theological, egalitarian approach to renew twenty-first-century congregations, homes, and society.

List of contents

Foreword, Doris Gomez
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: Framing the Twenty-First-Century Evangelical Gender Roles Gridlock
Chapter 1: Egalitarians, Complementarians, and the Christian Patriarchy Movement
Chapter 2: Gender Roles, Paul, and Created Parity in the Imago Dei
Chapter 3: "The Veil" and the Order of Creation in 1 Corinthians 11:3-12
Chapter 4: Adorning Dress, Modesty, and the Beauty of Good Deeds in 1 Timothy 2:9-10
Chapter 5: Revisioning First-Century Marriage Norms: Headship and Sacrifice in the Ephesians Household Code
Chapter 6: Let Her Learn, Let Her Speak: Reconciling Silence and Submission in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-15
Chapter 7: Women in Ministry Leadership: Ordination, Responsible Practice, and the Office of Pastor
Chapter 8: Beyond "Roles": Complementary Gender Differences, Servant-Leadership, and Relationality
Conclusion: Reimagining Gender in Paul through the Prisms of Context, Culture, and Christian Liberty
Appendix A: US Protestant Denominations According to Perspective on Women in Leadership
Appendix B: The Gender Roles Spectrum
Bibliography
About the Author and Contributor

About the author

Paul J. Palma

Product details

• Authors: Paul J Palma, Paul J. Palma, Paul J Palma
• Assisted by: Doris Gomez (Foreword), Doris Gomez (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781666940077
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-007-7
• No. of pages: 284
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, RELIGION / Theology, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Bibles, Theology, Christian theology, Gender studies, gender groups, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis