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Title: Does Christianity Teach Male Headship? The Equal-Regard Marriage and Its Critics By: D. Blackenhorn, D. Browning & M.S. Van Leeuwen, eds. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 141 Vendor: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Publication Date: 2003 | Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches) Weight: 8 ounces ISBN: 0802821715 ISBN-13: 9780802821713 Stock No: WW821715 |
Mary Stewart Vanleeuwen is professor of psychology and philosophy at Eastern University, St. Davids, Pennsylvania.
"This book casts brilliant new light on the long-troubling issue of male headship in the family. If the book doesnt fully resolve the issue, it certainly presents a first-class scholarly debate and provides everything a reader would want to know in order to have a reasoned opinion." -David Popenoe
"Around the world---from Nairobi to New York, from Boston to Bangkok---men are spending ever-larger portions of their adult lives apart from their families, as evidenced by increases in divorce, out-of-wedlock births, and abandonment. This provocative volume takes the discussion about male headship in new and fruitful directions by asking if theologically grounded soft patriarchy is the price we must pay to reverse this rising tide of male misbehavior. While most of the contributors maintain that patriarchy is not the answer, all of them grapple in innovative ways with the fundamental theological and sociological issues Christians must face if they hope to encourage men to embrace the sacrifices associated with family life in the twenty-first century." -W. Bradford Wilcox
"There appears to be an impasse in discussions about gender issues among Christians. This timely book is a significant step forward. Its thoughtful chapters take us beyond the usual caricatures made of different positions and into some real depth. An affirmation of equal-regard marriage is followed by dissenting views. This strategy introduces readers to the complexities surrounding the issues and should encourage judgments that are well informed. Does Christianity Teach Male Headship? is required reading for anyone looking for clarity on this front-burner concern." -William Edgar
Written by distinguished Protestant and Roman Catholic scholars, the book first demonstrates how deep strands of the Christian tradition have always taught an ethic of gender mutuality, sowing the seeds for what is today called the "equal-regard marriage." Though patriarchy was pervasive in the ancient world surrounding early Christianity and sometimes influenced the church, new research shows that the earliest layers of Christianity both resisted and worked to transform it. Not every author in the book agrees with this point of view; dissenters have their say too. As a whole, Does Christianity Teach Male Headship? constitutes a robust debate that, finally, invites readers to decide.
Contributors include:
Don S. Browning is Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago Divinity School and director of the Lilly Project on Religion, Culture, and the Family. He is coauthor of From Culture Wars to Common Ground: Religion and the American Family Debate and serves as coeditor of the "Religion, Marriage, and Family" series by Eerdmans.
Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen is professor of psychology and philosophy at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. She holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and is the author of The Person In Psychology After Eden, Gender and Grace, My Brother's Keeper, and A Preference For People: C.S. Lewis and the Psychology of Gender. She previously taught at Calvin College (Grand Rapids, Michigan) for many years, and has been a senior editor of Christianity Today. Currently she is a contributing editor for Books & Culture.
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