More than forty years after its initial publication, Man and Woman in Christ continues to be regarded by many as the most faithful and comprehensive study of biblical manhood and womanhood. Stephen B. Clark thoroughly lays out the authoritative teaching of the Old and New Testaments on the distinct roles of men and women, but he doesn’t stop there. He goes on to trace the application of Scripture’s teaching through the history of the Church, bringing it into the present day and dealing honestly with the challenges of applying God’s Word in modern society. For those seeking to live obediently as men and women made in the image of God, this book provides incomparable help. In fact, it has only become more relevant in a world which continues to bear the bitter fruit of feminism.
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Preface
Part 1 – The Scriptural Teaching
1. From the Beginning
2. Sin and the New Adam
3. The Family ▹ Husbands and Wives
4. The Family ▹ Key Texts
5. The People ▹ Service and Position
6. Social Roles and Galatians 3:28
7. The Community ▹ Key Texts (1 Corinthians 11:2-16; 14:33-36)
8. The Community ▹ Key Texts (1 Timothy 2:8-15)
9. Summary of the New Testament Teaching
Note on Method ▹ Exegesis
Part 2 – Assessing the Scriptural Teaching
10. The New Testament Approach ▹ Jesus and Paul
11. The New Testament Approach ▹ Setting and Culture
12. Christian Tradition ▹ Husbands and Wives
13. Christian Tradition ▹ Government of the Community
14. The Authority of Scripture
15. Bypassing Scriptural Authority
Part 3 – The Scriptural Teaching in Contemporary Society
16. Men’s and Women’s Differences ▹ Individual Characteristics
17. Men’s and Women’s Differences ▹ Social Structural Characteristics
Note on Method ▹ Social Science
18. The New Social Environment ▹ Technological Society
19. The New Intellectual Environment ▹ Ideology and Christianity
20. Applying Scriptural Teaching
Part 4 – A Christian Approach for Today
21. The Bases of a Christian Approach Today
22. Guidelines for a Modern Christian Approach to Men’s and Women’s Roles
23. Special Issues in Constructing a Modern Christian Social Structure
24. Ordination, Occupation, Legislation
Afterword
Bibliography
Notes
Scripture Index
Topical Index
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Stephen B. Clark (b. 1940) was an influential leader in the Catholic charismatic renewal of the 1960s and ’70s. At that time, he founded Servants of the Word, a covenant community of men committed to living single for the Lord, which is still active today. He studied at Yale University (BA in history), University of Freiburg (Fulbright Scholarship), and University of Notre Dame (MA in philosophy), and is the author of more than twenty books and several hundred articles. He currently lives in Chelsea, Michigan.