Contents

I. The Scriptural Teaching    1
    1. From the Beginning    3
        Genesis and Truth5
        The Beginning of Genesis9
        Genesis 1: Male and Female10
        Genesis 2: Flesh of My Flesh    15
        Genesis 2: Subordination23

    2. Sin and the New Adam    29
        Genesis 3: The Man's Rule    31
        The New Mankind 36
        Community and Subordination39

    3. The Family: Husbands and Wives   47
        The Husband's Role49
        The Wife's Role 56
        Raising Children64

    4. The Family: Key Texts    71
        Ephesians 5:22-33: As Christ    72
        1 Peter 3:1-7: Joint Heirs    88
        The Roles of Husbands and Wives    94

    5. The People: Service and Position   101
        Prophesying, Teaching, Charitable Service    103
        Women in Missionary and Pastoral Service    112
        Men and Governmental Positions    123
        Roles and Community Structure132

    6. Social Roles and Galatians 3:28   137
        The Thrust of Galatians 3:28    139
        Galatians 3:28 and Social Differences    149
        Abolitionism 155

    7. The Community: Key Texts (I Corinthians 11:2-16; 14:33-36)    165
        1 Corinthians 11:2-16: Dishonoring Their Heads    166
        1 Corinthians 14:33-36: She Should Be Subordinate    183

    8. The Community: Key Texts (1 Timothy 2:8-15) 191
        The Thrust of the Passage193
        The Grounding of the Passage    201

    9. Summary: The New Testament Teaching as a Whole 209
        Authority of the Teaching213
        The Intent of the Teaching215

    Note on Method: Exegesis    221
        The Exegetical Approach221
        Christian Liberationist Exegesis    226

II. Assessing the Scriptural Teaching    233
    10. The New Testament Approach: Jesus and Paul 235
          A Distinctive New Testament Approach    236
          Jesus and First Century Judaism    239
          Paul and Pagan Culture    251

    11. The New Testament Approach: Setting and Culture 255
          The New Testament and Social Structure    256
          The New Testament in Its Setting    262
          The Question of "Culture"   271

    12. Christian Tradition: Husbands and Wives 281
          What Is Tradition?283
          Family Order in Tradition    285

    13. Church Tradition: Government of the Community 299
          The Evidence for Governing Positions    300
          The Strength of Tradition    317

    14. The Authority of Scripture   327
          The Nature of Scriptural Authority    329
          Submission to Scripture    333
          Is This Fundamentalism?345

    15. Bypassing Scriptural Authority   351
          Modern Bypasses352
          The Real Challenge    365

III. The Scriptural Teaching in Contemporary Society  369
    16. Men's and Women's Differences: Individual Characteristics 371
          Understanding Men's and Women's Differences    374
          Descriptive Social Science    377
          Experimental Psychology    393

    17. Men's and Women's Differences: Social Structural Characteristics    411
          The Social Structural Patterns of Men and Women    412
          Explaining the Social Structural Data    429
          Conclusion: Individual Characteristics and Social Structural Characteristics 437
          Consequences and Directions    439

    Note on Method: Social Science   449
          The Distinctiveness of This Book's Approach    449
          Feminist Social Science    453

    18. The New Social Environment: Technological Society  467
          Technological and Traditional Societies    468
          Functional and Relational Principles of Social Structure    472
          Social Structure in Technological Society    479
          The Family in Technological Society    490
          Men's and Women's Roles and the Misinterpretation of Social History  498
          Evaluating Technological Society    502

    19. The New Intellectual Environment: Ideology and Christianity    507
          Modern Ideological Positions    508
          The Christian Response    524

    20. Applying Scriptural Teaching   541
          What Is Its Meaning for Now?    543
          The Intent of Scripture    558
          Some Principles of Application    565

IV. A Christian Approach for Today    571
    21. The Bases of a Christian Approach Today    573
          Becoming a People    575
          Restoring Christian Relationships: Relational Groupings    578
          Restoring Christian Social Structure: Social Roles    583
          Alternate Social Patterns: Traditionalism and Socialism    591

     22. Guidelines for a Modern Christian Approach to Men's and Women's Roles    597
          Basic Prerequisites for Men's and Women's Roles    598
          Key Biblical Teaching on Men's and Women's Roles    601
          Adapting to Technological Society    608
          Relating Outside of Christian Community    611
          The Feasibility of a Christian Restoration of Men's and Women's Roles    617

    23. Special Issues in Constructing a Modern Christian Social Structure    619
          Strengthening Family Life    620
          Structures of Christian Leadership    624
          Male and Female Personality    632
          Relationships Between Men and Women    647
          Single People    650
          The Need for a Pastoral Strategy    652

    24. Ordination, Occupation, Legislation  653
          Ordination of Women    654
          Women and Occupations    658
          Legislation662
          Christians in the World    666

Afterword   667
Bibliography    669
Notes    675
Index of Scripture References    743
Index    747