The journey back to Eden : restoring the Creator's design for women and men
Title:
The journey back to Eden : restoring the Creator's design for women and men
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Summary:
An accessible call to shift the way we view the role of men and women, based on a high view of Scripture, reexamining the way we interpret what is normative for all time to see how the Spirit is pointing the church to complete gender equality and freedom for women to pursue their calling before God.
Year Published:
2005
Physical Description:
218 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents:
Tracing the trajectory of the spirit : a discerning approach to Scripture -- God before all things : a Trinitarian fellowship of divine love -- Created to be like God : male and female in relationship -- What went wrong : sin and the roots of gender oppression -- An age of patriarchy : gender privilege in the Old Testament -- Jesus Christ and women : the launch of the gender revolution -- Gender in the early church : substantial progress towards Gospel ideals -- Old habits die hard : the persistence of patriarchy -- The long journey back to Eden : women in Christian history -- Understanding the times : a pivotal moment in history?
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2005015667-d.htmlSample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2005015667-s.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005015667.html
ISBN:
9780310259909
Publisher:
Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, c2005.
