Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 284 pages
• Published by: InterVarsity Press November 1995
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0830818626
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0830818624
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 14.1 ounces

Product Review
In Women In The Church: A Biblical Theology Of Women In Ministry, Stanley Grenz and Denise Kjesbo offer an in-depth, comprehensive theological study of this controversial and often bitterly contested issue. Carefully considering the entire spectrum of concerns surrounding women and the ordained ministry, Women In The Church will enlighten people on all sides of the issue, and concludes that "Historical, biblical and theological considerations converge not only in allowing, but also in insisting, that women serve as full partners with men. " Thorough and irenic, Women In The Church takes an intense discussion in a fresh, and possible more fruitful, direction. Women In The Church is a much needed addition to all theology, biblical studies, and women's issues reference libraries. -- Midwest Book Review

Product Description
Stanley J. Grenz takes the debate over women and the ordained ministry to a new level with this in-depth theological and historical study.

Reader Reviews
"Historical, biblical, and theological considerations", writes Stanley J. Grenz "converge not only in allowing, but also in insisting, that women serve as full partners with men" in the work of the Christian church. His book (coauthored with Denise Muir Kjesbo), Women in the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry is one of the best- perhaps THE best treatment I've ever read on the subject of women's roles in churches, marriage, and family. Grenz and Kjesbo are always respectful toward those who espouse a hierarchy for church and family based on gender roles, but their case for an egalitarian theology of women's roles is extremely thorough and compelling. While I recommend Grenz and Kjesbo's Women in the Church as perhaps the best example of the superior scholarship being performed today by egalitarian theologians and expositors, two other treatments deserve mention. Gretchen Gaebelein Hull's Equal to Serve (1987) and Rebecca Merrill Groothuis's Good News for Women (1997) treat the subject admirably.