The Biblical Basis for Women’s Service in the Church
We are delighted to include this paper by Bishop Tom Wright in the twentieth anniversary issue of Priscilla Papers. Bishop Wright is the fourth-most senior
October 21, 2014
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Chapter 16 in Paul’s Letter to the Romans: Dispensable Tagalong or Valuable Envelope?
The sixteenth chapter of Romans was treated as a detachable unit at least as early as the second century, showing that some considered it to
October 21, 2014
Head Over Heels: A Theology of Leadership in Christian Marriage
A personal note of thanks to CBE I have been a member of Christians for Biblical Equality for nearly two decades, and I am honored
October 21, 2014
A Meta-Study of the Debate over the Meaning of “Head” (Kephalē) in Paul’s Writings
Since the middle of the twentieth century there has been an ongoing, sometimes acrimonious debate over the meaning of “head” (Greek, kephalē) in Paul’s letters,
October 21, 2014
Christian Women and Leadership
I believe that God calls both women and men into roles of leadership with all the opportunities and challenges these roles entail. Scripture and church
October 21, 2014
God’s Reign is the Reign of Right Relationships
The Bible teaches that God created man and woman subordinate to God, spiritually and socially equal to each other, and entrusted to care for creation.
October 21, 2014
The New Evangelical Subordinationism: Reading Inequality Into the Trinity
Editor’s Note: This is an Evangelical Press Association award winning article. I still wonder how it could have happened. During the twenty years that Priscilla Papers has
October 21, 2014
Post-1970s Evangelical Responses to the Emancipation of Women
I was very pleasantly surprised and honored when Mimi Haddad asked me to serve as guest co-editor of the twentieth anniversary edition of Priscilla Papers.
October 21, 2014
Egalitarian Pioneers: Betty Friedan or Catherine Booth?
One source of tension between egalitarians and complementarians is the frequent complementarian claim that egalitarians are the theological descendents of radical feminists such as Betty
October 21, 2014
Living Water
Learning like a woman drawing from a well full of words finally drawn by the Word the difference between white-washed sepulchers and an empty tomb—
October 21, 2014