Men and Women in the Church

Building Consensus on Christian Leadership

By Sarah Sumner
Foreword by Phillip E. Johnson

(paperback)

Product Details

Line: IVP Books
Length: 332 pages
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches
Binding: paperback
Published: March 2003

ISBN-10: 0-8308-2391-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2391-8
IVP Order Code: 2391

Related Subjects

Women in Ministry

Foreword by Phillip E. Johnson

Acknowledgments

Part I: Men and Women in the Church
1. My Story
2. The Purpose of This Book
3. The Primacy of Scripture
4. Exceptional Women
5. Is it Better to Be a Man Than a Woman?
6. Women and Personhood
7. Men and Manhood
8. Masculinity and Femininity
9. The Authority of Biblical Metaphors
10. Every Passage in the Bible Means Something
11. What's a "Weaker Vessel"?
12. No Pictures Please
13. The Husband Is the Head
14. How Does God Head Christ?
15. The Mystery of Headship
16. Does Matthew 18 Apply to Wives?
17. In the Name of I Timothy 2
18. The Order of Creation
19. It Was Adam, and Not Adam
20. The Significance of Adam Being Created First

Part 2: Building Consensus on Christian Leadership
21. The Fault Line
22. Thomists and Scotists
23. Jesus Is the Logic
24. Brothers and Sisters in Christ
25. Following in the Steps of Jesus Christ

For Further Reading

Subject Index

Scripture Index