Encountering God in tyrannical texts : reflections on Paul, women, and the authority of scripture / Frances Taylor Gench.
2015
227.06 G324e 2015
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Title
Encountering God in tyrannical texts : reflections on Paul, women, and the authority of scripture / Frances Taylor Gench.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780664259525 paperback alkaline paper
0664259529 paperback alkaline paper
0664259529 paperback alkaline paper
Published
Louisville, Kentucky : Westminster John Knox Press, [2015]
Language
English
Description
xiv, 196 pages ; 24 cm
Call Number
227.06 G324e 2015
System Control No.
(OCoLC)903247599
(OCoLC)903247599
(OCoLC)903247599
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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)
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)
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