My Grove booklet Women and Authority: the key biblical texts is now available (after a small printing hiccup!) from the Grove website.
This is the booklet
Ian is from the Church of England, but in writing this has also engaged with Roman Catholic and Free Church traditions, as well as primarily with the relevant biblical texts. He writes that while working on the booklet
I have been struck afresh by the radically egalitarian and counter-cultural nature of what Scripture says about gender, and the challenge to the church to be constantly reformed and reshaped by Scripture’s perspective, even if that means letting go of cherished traditions of interpretation.
This looks like being an excellent introduction to these issues.
Hi Peter,
I’ve just bought the book on line and looking forward to reading it.
In my church the underlying often unspoken thought (from people’s reading of the surface level of scripture) is that the ‘higher’ positions are for men only.
Just on your glitches, your material could be read but not much else.
kind regards
Mick
Thanks, Mick. If you don’t mind I’ll delete the duplicate comment. If you actually read the booklet, you will be one step ahead of me, so maybe you would like to share some brief thoughts here.
Please do delete one of the two, I had thought I had made an error and so posted it again.
If ok with yourself I’ll share some thoughts on the booklet.
Thanks regards
Mick