Foreword by Scot McKnight
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. An Androcentric Story? Men Everywhere!
2. Joining the Story: The Place of Women in God’s Great Plan
3. A Woman’s Natural Place: What the Creation Narratives Tell
Us
4. Talking Heads: The Meaning of Headship
5. Balancing Marriage: The Hierarchicalist View
6. Redressing the Balance: The Mutualist View of Marriage
7. Mistranslations, Misinterpretations, and Misunderstandings: The
Dominant Narrative of Male Bias
8. A Final Barrier: 1 Timothy 2:8-15
Conclusion
Biblography
Scripture Index
Lucy Peppiatt (PhD, Otago) is the principal of Westminster Theological Centre. Her research interests are Christ and the Spirit, charismatic theology, discipleship, and 1 Corinthians, and her books include Unveiling Paul's Women and Women and Worship in Corinth.
"I am so grateful to Lucy for this wonderful packaging of all her
best ideas about women in the Bible and church."
*From the foreword by Scot McKnight, professor of New Testament at
Northern Seminary*
"The whole time I read this work, I kept thinking of those who
would benefit from these thoughtful, accessible, and clearheaded
responses to the primary objections against women fully serving in
their gospel calling. Consequently, I am grateful for this resource
that is both scripturally robust and theologically powerful. For
those just beginning to think of these questions to those who have
thought on these things for decades, Lucy's book will encourage and
enlighten anyone who wants to engage these concerns."
*Christa L. McKirland, executive director of Logia, Logos Institute
Research Fellow, University of St. Andrews*
"Lucy Peppiatt has written an encouraging book that invites women
to see themselves in the biblical story, not as props but as
protagonists, and along the way she explains many of those
confusing texts about wives, head coverings, and prohibitions on
teaching. In the end, Peppiatt offers a biblically grounded case
for Christian mutuality that unites the sexes in service of a
common Lord."
*Michael F. Bird, academic dean and lecturer in theology at Ridley
College in Melbourne, Australia*
"Those who advocate for full equality between men and women in the
home and the church are often accused of 'playing loose with
Scripture.' Peppiatt debunks this myth by demonstrating how
thoughtful, thorough engagement with the biblical text supports
full mutuality. And this is nothing but good news for women! The
introduction alone is worth the price of the book."
*Gail Wallace, cofounder of The Junia Project, associate pastor,
Foothill Free Methodist Church*
"As a woman in ministry and a local church pastor, I have studied
what the Bible and scholarship has to say about women in ministry.
But after reading Lucy's book, I realized I have only understood
the tip of the iceberg. Insightful and inspiring, Lucy offers a
fresh and full vision for a woman's role within the body of
Christ—a vision that is close to the heart of God and revealed in
the pages of the Bible."
*Tara Beth Leach, senior pastor of PazNaz, author of
Emboldened*
"Scholarly yet accessible and offering intriguing insights into
biblical texts, Lucy Peppiatt's new book engages with Hebrew and
Greek, patristic and contemporary theological thought, and
epigraphy and ancient documents, giving clear, coherent answers to
questions we didn't even know how to ask. Eminently readable and
easily lendable, I couldn't put it down."
*Jill Firth, lecturer in Hebrew and Old Testament, Ridley College,
Melbourne, Australia*
"Debates about women, marriage, the Bible, and theology are
explosive with heat, while often generating too little light.
Peppiatt brings to the discussion wide-ranging knowledge, a keen
exegetical eye, winsome and witty explanation, and new
insights."
*Nijay K. Gupta, associate professor of New Testament, Portland
Seminary*
"We are encouraged in this volume to attend afresh to Scripture and
to the vision Scripture offers of women and men called and gifted
to share equally in the life of the church. Lucy Peppiatt shows
that the leadership and witness of women is not merely allowed by
Scripture but turns out to be an indispensable part of the biblical
story of salvation. The wisdom shared with us in this book provides
abundant evidence of the rich benefits that flow from listening to
women as they guide us in the reading of God’s Word."
*Murray Rae, University of Otago*
"In her highly accessible and well-researched book, Lucy Peppiatt
offers a clear hermeneutical vision for a 'mutualist' reading of
the Bible. She closely analyzes controversial and debated biblical
texts about women and men in leadership and marriage, while keeping
in view the whole witness of Scripture and the revelation of God in
Christ. One of the book's central tenets is that mutualist views of
women are not new: women from the beginning have been part of God's
story for humanity. Early church fathers, such as Augustine, also
resisted hierarchical interpretations of the Bible that conceived
of women as inherently inferior or spiritually subordinate to men.
What is new about the book is how Peppiatt presents readers with
the hermeneutical, exegetical, and theological considerations
needed to challenge damaging theologies of female submission and
promote women's God-given capacities for leadership, teaching, and
ministry in the church. I strongly recommend this book for any
student, seminarian, layperson, teacher, or pastor who desires to
engage difficult biblical texts about women not in order to win
debates but to envision more mutually empowering and God-glorifying
ways both women and men can live into their identities as new
creations in Christ."
*Janette H. Ok, associate professor of biblical studies, Azusa
Pacific Seminary at Azusa Pacific University*
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