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Men and Women in the Church Building Consensus on Christian Leadership

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ISBN-10: 0830823913

ISBN-13: 9780830823918

Edition: 2003

Authors: Sarah Sumner, Phillip E. Johnson

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Evangelicals stand divided in their view of women in the church.On one side stand complementarians, arguing the full worth of women but assigning them to differing roles. On the other side stand egalitarians, arguing that the full worth of women demands their equal treatment and access to leadership roles. Is there a way to mend the breach and build consensus?Sarah Sumner thinks there is. Avoiding the pitfalls of both radical feminism and reactionary conservatism, she traces a new path through the issues--biblical, theological, psychological and practical--to establish and affirm common ground. Arguing that men and women are both equal and distinct, Sumner encourages us to find ways to…    
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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Publication date: 3/11/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 332
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880

Sarah Sumner (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is dean of the A. W. Tozer Theological Seminary in Redding, California. She is also an author and speaker who travels both nationally and internationally to address church congregations and institutions of Christian higher education. In addition, she is a consultant who addresses businesses and nonprofits on the subject of leadership and organizational health. Dr. Sumner is the first woman to earn a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Her formal training includes a B.A. from Baylor in Education, an M.A. in Theology from Wheaton College, an M.Div equivalent from Trinity, and an M.B.A. from Azusa…    

Phillip E. Johnson taught law for more than thirty years at the University of California--Berkeley where he is professor emeritus. He is recognized as a leading spokesman for the intelligent design movement, and is the author of many books, including Darwin on Trial, Reason in the Balance and Defeating Darwinism by Opening Minds.

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Men and Women in the Church
My Story
The Purpose of This Book
The Primacy of Scripture
Exceptional Women
Is it Better to Be a Man Than a Woman?
Women and Personhood
Men and Manhood
Masculinity and Femininity
The Authority of Biblical Metaphors
Every Passage in the Bible Means Something
What's a "Weaker Vessel"?
No Pictures Please
The Husband Is the Head
How Does God Head Christ?
The Mystery of Headship
Does Matthew 18 Apply to Wives?
In the Name of I Timothy 2
The Order of Creation
It Was Adam, and Not Adam
The Significance of Adam Being Created FirstPart 2: Building Consensus on Christian Leadership
The Fault Line
Thomists and Scotists
Jesus Is the Logic
Brothers and Sisters in Christ
Following in the Steps of Jesus ChristFor Further ReadingSubject IndexScripture
Index