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A Meta-Study of the Debate over the Meaning of “Head” (Kephalē) in Paul’s Writings
By: Alan F. Johnson | October 31, 2006
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, especially 1 Corinthians 11:3 and Ephesians 5:23. This article is an attempt to review the most significant scholarly literature that has emerged in the debate and to summarize each without critique.
God’s Reign is the Reign of Right Relationships
By: Charles O. Knowles | October 31, 2006
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. However, man and woman were not content with this God-ordained order; they wanted power over God.
Egalitarian Pioneers: Betty Friedan or Catherine Booth?
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | October 31, 2006
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 Friedan, Mary Daly, and Daphne Hampson. This is inaccurate. Egalitarians in fact see mentors in people like Catherine Booth, Jessie Penn-Lewis, Frances Willard, A. J. Gordon, Katharine Bushnell, William Baxter [...]
Living Water
By: Chelsea DeArmond | October 31, 2006
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—
Christian Women and Leadership
By: Roberta Hestenes† | October 31, 2006
Scripture and church history make abundantly clear that women can and do exercise significant influence and power in a variety of contexts, including the church. Yet, most of the books and articles available on Christian leadership are written by and for men. In this paper, I will address some leadership issues with a focus on [...]
The New Evangelical Subordinationism: Reading Inequality Into the Trinity
By: Phillip Cary | October 31, 2006
A whole generation of conservative evangelicals has embraced a new-fangled version of the ancient Trinitarian heresy of subordinationism. They do not hide their motives. They are determined to see in God what they wish to see in humanity: a subordination of role or function that does not compromise (they insist) an essential equality of being.
Speaking the Truth in Love: The Life and Legacy of Roger Nicole
By: David W. Bailey | October 30, 2006
A fascinating overview of the life and labors of one of the America's most gifted evangelical theologians.
Face to Face in the Gender Wars
By: Brandon G. Withrow | October 25, 2006
A few weeks back I was teaching a class on Anabaptist history. I gave my usual spiel about the nature of history and the problems with reductionism. Anabaptist concerns were both theological and economical (among other things); cases of injustice, after all, traverse all aspects of life. Abuses by the church and its oppression of [...]
Climbing the Dragon's Ladder: The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas
By: Andrea Lorenzo Molinari | October 15, 2006
This novel presents actual historical events - both the events of Perpetua and her companions' life and martyrdom and those of the larger historical period - and weaves a believable back-story of ordinary men and women who are caught up in events that test their faith in God, their commitment to Christ and their relationships [...]
"Set Apart," But is it by Fear?
By: Megan Greulich | September 29, 2006
A prominent sociologist on evangelicals, Sally Gallagher, has much to say to egalitarians in her article, The Marginalization of Evangelical Feminism. She questions, when 56% of evangelical women are employed outside the home and when many evangelical marriages are egalitarian in practice, why evangelicals as a whole have still rejected mutuality and partnership between the genders.