| Introduction | 13 |
| 1 | The changing roles of women in ministry : the early church through the 18th century | 23 |
| 2 | Evangelical women in ministry a century ago : the 19th and early 20th centuries | 39 |
| 3 | Contemporary evangelicals for gender equality | 58 |
| 4 | Equality with and without innocence : Genesis 1-3 | 79 |
| 5 | From Old Testament law to New Testament gospel | 96 |
| 6 | Women leaders in the Bible | 110 |
| 7 | Jesus' treatment of women in the gospels | 126 |
| 8 | Praying and prophesying in the assemblies : I Corinthians 11:2-16 | 142 |
| 9 | Learning in the assemblies : I Corinthians 14:34-35 | 161 |
| 10 | Male and female in the new creation : Galatians 3:26-29 | 172 |
| 11 | Mutual love and submission in marriage : Colossians 3:18-19 and Ephesians 5:21-33 | 186 |
| 12 | Teaching and usurping authority : I Timothy 2:11-15 | 205 |
| 13 | A silent witness in marriage : I Peter 3:1-7 | 224 |
| 14 | The priority of Spirit gifting for church ministry | 241 |
| 15 | The nature of authority in the New Testament | 255 |
| 16 | Biblical priesthood and women in ministry | 272 |
| 17 | God, gender and biblical metaphor | 287 |
| 18 | "Equal in being, unequal in role" : exploring the logic of woman's subordination | 301 |
| 19 | The subordination of Christ and the subordination of women | 334 |
| 20 | Biblical hermeneutics : basic principles and questions of gender | 355 |
| 21 | Hermeneutics and the gender debate | 364 |
| 22 | A redemptive-movement hermeneutic : the slavery analogy | 382 |
| 23 | Gender equality and homosexuality | 401 |
| 24 | Feminism and abortion | 414 |
| 25 | In search of holy joy : women and self-esteem | 431 |
| 26 | Marriage as a partnership of equals | 448 |
| 27 | Nature, culture and gender complementarity | 464 |
| 28 | Helping the church understand biblical equality | 481 |
| 29 | Toward reconciliation : healing the schism | 494 |
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