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Encountering God in tyrannical texts : reflections on Paul, women, and the authority of scripture / Frances Taylor Gench.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 196 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780664259525
  • 0664259529
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 227/.06 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2545.W65 G46 2015
Contents:
Beyond textual harassment : engaging tyrannical texts (1 Timothy 2:8-15) -- Wives, be subject? : articulating biblical authority (Ephesians 5:21-33) -- Women and worship wars (I) (1 Corinthians 11:2-16) -- Women and worship wars (II) (1 Corinthians 14:33b-36) -- Reining in rambunctious widows (1 Timothy 5:3-16) -- Women in ministry (Romans 16:1-16)
Summary: The Bible includes any number of "tyrannical texts" that have proved to be profoundly oppressive in the lives of many people. Among them are Pauline texts that have circumscribed the lives and ministries of women throughout Christian history. What are people who honor Scripture to do with such texts, and what does it mean to speak of biblical authority in their presence? In Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts, Frances Taylor Gench provides strategies for engaging such texts with integrity -- that is, without dismissing them, whitewashing them, or acquiescing to them -- and as potential sources of edification for the church. Gench also facilitates reflection on the nature and authority of Scripture. Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts provides access to feminist scholarship that can inform preaching and teaching of problematic Pauline texts and encourages public engagement with them.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BS2545.W65 G46 2015 Available 31794003146116
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BS2545.W65 G46 2015 2 Available 31794003126779
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BS2545.W65 G46 2015 Available 35898001740279
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BS2545.W65 G46 2015 Available 35898001658315
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BS2545.W65 G46 2015 1 Available 31826003485480

Includes bibliographical references (pages 164--194) and index.

Beyond textual harassment : engaging tyrannical texts (1 Timothy 2:8-15) -- Wives, be subject? : articulating biblical authority (Ephesians 5:21-33) -- Women and worship wars (I) (1 Corinthians 11:2-16) -- Women and worship wars (II) (1 Corinthians 14:33b-36) -- Reining in rambunctious widows (1 Timothy 5:3-16) -- Women in ministry (Romans 16:1-16)

The Bible includes any number of "tyrannical texts" that have proved to be profoundly oppressive in the lives of many people. Among them are Pauline texts that have circumscribed the lives and ministries of women throughout Christian history. What are people who honor Scripture to do with such texts, and what does it mean to speak of biblical authority in their presence? In Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts, Frances Taylor Gench provides strategies for engaging such texts with integrity -- that is, without dismissing them, whitewashing them, or acquiescing to them -- and as potential sources of edification for the church. Gench also facilitates reflection on the nature and authority of Scripture. Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts provides access to feminist scholarship that can inform preaching and teaching of problematic Pauline texts and encourages public engagement with them.

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