Women Leaders and the Church: Three Crucial Questions - Softcover

Belleville, Linda L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080105351X ISBN 13: 9780801053511

Publisher: Baker Academic, 2000

Synopsis

This refreshingly balanced treatment compares women's roles in contemporary society and church to women’s roles in ancient societies and the early church.

About this title

About the Author:

Linda L. Belleville is professor of biblical literature at North Park Theological Seminary, an ordained minister in the Evangelical Covenant Church, and the author of a commentary on 2 Corinthians.

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The debate on the role of women in the church and in society rages fast and furiously today. It is the rare church or denomination that has not waded into the fray. Some have even split over it. In part, this is because the debate lacks any middle ground. The issues and terms are defined in such a way that one must choose either for or against women in leadership.... There is no systematic teaching in Scripture on these topics. Where teaching does occur, it is only a small piece of a larger discussion that is focused on the needs of a particular church at a particular point in time. Still, there are numerous references to women in the pages of Scripture, and these references provide a good picture of the rangeif not the extentof womens roles. There is also a good amount of material on the roles of women in the culture at large.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 080105351X
• ISBN 13: 9780801053511
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224