Tag: Discovering Biblical Equality
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DBE: Chapter 22 – A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic: The Slavery Analogy
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part IV: Addressing the Issues (Hermeneutical and Cultural Perspectives) Chapter 22 – A Redemptive-Movement Hermeneutic: The Slavery Analogy. William J. Webb. Webb opens his essay with this observation: There are two ways of approaching the Bible: (1) with a redemptive-movement or redemptive-spirit appropriation of…
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DBE: Chapter 21 – Hermeneutics and the Gender Debate
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part IV: Addressing the Issues (Hermeneutical and Cultural Perspectives) Chapter 21 – Hermeneutics and the Gender Debate. Gordon D. Fee. Gordon Fee observes that the debate over gender and patriarchy is settled among fundamentalist Christians. They take it as a given. There really is…
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DBE: Chapter 20 – Biblical Hermeneutics: Basic Principles and Questions of Gender
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part IV: Addressing the Issues (Hermeneutical and Cultural Perspectives) Chapter 20 – Biblical Hermeneutics: Basic Principles and Questions of Gender. Roger Nicole. This is the first of five essays in Part IV dealing with hermeneutical issues. Nicole writes that twentieth-century hermeneutics has come to…
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DBE: Chapter 19 – The Subordination of Christ and the Subordination of Women
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part III: Thinking it Through (Logical and Theological Perspectives) Chapter 19 – The Subordination of Christ and the Subordination of Women. Kevin Giles. Giles opens his essay by noting that: Contemporary conservative evangelical arguments for the permanent subordination of women frequently tell us that…
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DBE: Chapter 18 (Part 2) – “Equal in Being, Unequal in Role”: Exploring the Logic of Woman’s Subordination
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part III: Thinking it Through (Logical and Theological Perspectives) Chapter 18 (Part 2) – "Equal in Being, Unequal in Role": Exploring the Logic of Woman's Subordination. Rebecca Merrill Groothuis. (Due to both the length and importance of this chapter, I have split the summary…
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DBE: Chapter 18 (Part 1) – “Equal in Being, Unequal in Role”: Exploring the Logic of Woman’s Subordination
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part III: Thinking it Through (Logical and Theological Perspectives) Chapter 18 (Part 1) – "Equal in Being, Unequal in Role": Exploring the Logic of Woman's Subordination. Rebecca Merrill Groothuis. (Due to both the length and importance of this chapter, I have split the summary…
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DBE: Chapter 16 – Biblical Priesthood and Women in Ministry
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part III: Thinking it Through (Logical and Theological Perspectives) Chapter 16 – Biblical Priesthood and Women in Ministry. Stanley J. Grenz. Grenz writes near the beginning of his essay: Advocates of male leadership are united in the conviction that some restrictions are to be…
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DBE: Chapter 14 – The Priority of Spirit Gifting for Church Ministry
Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. A Book Discussion. (Index here) Part III: Thinking it Through (Logical and Theological Perspectives) Chapter 14 – The Priority of Spirit Gifting for Church Ministry. Gordon D. Fee. Dr. Fee writes: What is at stake is not whether all people are equally gifted; they are not. What is at…