Veiled and Silenced: How Culture Shaped Sexist TheologyWeaving together evidence from sociolgy, anthropology, history, and biblical studies, this book shows that patriarchal and hierarchial views of gender arise from agrarian culture, along with images of woman as unequal, inferior, unclean, and evil. . . . This book is a valuable resource for theologically conservative Christians who are trying to rethink the connenction between thoeology and gender. |
Contents
| 1 | |
CULTURE THE SHAPER OF THEOLOGY | 17 |
WOMAN AS EVIL | 37 |
WOMAN AS INFERIOR | 67 |
WOMAN AS UNCLEAN | 95 |
WOMAN AS UNEQUAL | 109 |
LET HER BE VEILED | 129 |
LET HER BE SILENT | 137 |
JESUS BREAKS THE SILENCE BARRIER | 161 |
WOMEN IN THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH | 175 |
THE POSTAPOSTOLIC CHURCH AND THE GREAT REVERSAL | 209 |
URBANTECHNOLOGICAL CULTURE WOMANS FRIEND AND ALLY | 221 |
INDEX | 231 |
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References to this book
Evangelical Christian Women: War Stories in the Gender Battles Julie Ingersoll No preview available - 2003 |
Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry Stanley J. Grenz,Denise Muir Kjesbo No preview available - 2010 |