God created
us, male and female, in His image.
So what does that mean?
Has the modern church suffered a tragic loss of the beauty of
manhood and womanhood as created by God? Has the feminist influence
within today's evangelical church led to a rejection of the
effective authority of the Bible? In this reasoned, comprehensive
response to more than one hundred controversial claims from
evangelical feminists, biblical scholar Wayne Grudem answers
these questions and examines the egalitarian perspective on
every major doctrinal issue, including:
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What the Bible says about the roles of men and women in marriage
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Women in the church and in church leadership
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Theology and the concepts of equality, fairness, and justice
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Claims that a complementarian view as harmful
"This
is the fullest and most informative analysis available, and no
one will be able to deny the cumulative strength of the case this
author makes." - J.I. Packer
"This is the most thorough, balanced, and biblically
accurate treatment of feminism and the Bible I have seen."
- Stu Weber
"After the Bible, I cannot imagine a more useful book
for finding reliable help in understanding God's will for manhood
and womanhood in the church and the home."
- John Piper
Wayne Grudem is Research Professor of Bible and
Theology at Phoenix Seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona. He received
a BA from Harvard University, an MDiv from Westminster Seminary,
and a PhD from the University of Cambridge, England. Dr. Grudem
has served as president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and
Womanhood and as president of the Evangelical Theological Society.
His books as author or editor include Systematic Theology, The
Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today, and Recovering
Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Dr. Grudem was also a member of
the Translation Oversight Committee for the English Standard Version
of the Bible published in 2001. |
