An Analysis of More Than 100 Questions

By Wayne Grudem

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God created us, male and female, in His image.

So what does that mean?

Has the modern church suffered a tragic loss of the beauty of manhood and womanhood as created by God? Has the feminist influence within today's evangelical church led to a rejection of the effective authority of the Bible? In this reasoned, comprehensive response to more than one hundred controversial claims from evangelical feminists, biblical scholar Wayne Grudem answers these questions and examines the egalitarian perspective on every major doctrinal issue, including:

• What the Bible says about the roles of men and women in marriage
• Women in the church and in church leadership
• Theology and the concepts of equality, fairness, and justice
• Claims that a complementarian view as harmful

"This is the fullest and most informative analysis available, and no one will be able to deny the cumulative strength of the case this author makes." - J.I. Packer

"This is the most thorough, balanced, and biblically accurate treatment of feminism and the Bible I have seen." - Stu Weber

"After the Bible, I cannot imagine a more useful book for finding reliable help in understanding God's will for manhood and womanhood in the church and the home."
- John Piper

Wayne Grudem is Research Professor of Bible and Theology at Phoenix Seminary in Scottsdale, Arizona. He received a BA from Harvard University, an MDiv from Westminster Seminary, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge, England. Dr. Grudem has served as president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood and as president of the Evangelical Theological Society. His books as author or editor include Systematic Theology, The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today, and Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. Dr. Grudem was also a member of the Translation Oversight Committee for the English Standard Version of the Bible published in 2001.