Liberating tradition: women's identity and vocation in Christian perspective
Introduction: Peril and promise : women's experience and the Christian faith -- Women's identity, human identity -- Made in God's image -- Women characters in Scripture -- Supermodels for Jesus : Christian women and body image -- We're in this thing together -- The good, the bad,...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, MI
Baker Academic
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Woman
/ Gender-specific role
/ Church
B Woman / Christian social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Women in Christianity
B Women Religious aspects Christianity |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Peril and promise : women's experience and the Christian faith -- Women's identity, human identity -- Made in God's image -- Women characters in Scripture -- Supermodels for Jesus : Christian women and body image -- We're in this thing together -- The good, the bad, and the downright strange : marriages in the Bible -- Mistaking the industrial revolution for the Garden of Eden : the myth of the "traditional" marriage -- Two heads are better than one : marriage as partnership -- Women in the church and the world -- Seeing the invisible : women in the early church -- Abbesses, mystics, and Reformation women -- Changing the world : women in missions, social reform, and church work in American evangelicalism -- I said what I meant, and I meant what I said -- Not counting women and children : linguistic invisibility in the church -- The discarded images : reasserting biblical language for God -- Conclusions: Up and out |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0801031796 |