Selected papers from the Evangelical Colloquium on Women and the Bible, held Oct. 9-11, 1984, Oak Brook, Illinois

Includes bibliographical references

Why we're here / Patricia Gundry -- Response / Gretchen Gaebelein Hull -- Biblical authority & interpretation / Robert K. Johnston -- Biblical authority & feminist aspirations / Roger Nicole -- Biblical authority & the issues in questioin / Clark H. Pinnock -- Response to Pinnock, Nicole and Johnston / Stanley N. Gundry -- Authority, hierarchy & leadership patterns in the Bible / Richard N. Longnecker -- Response / Willard M. Swartley -- Response / Marianne Meye Thompson -- What does kephalē mean in the New Testament? / Berkeley & Alvera Mickelsen -- Response / Ruth A. Tucker -- Response / Philip Barton Payne -- Women, submission & ministry in 1 Corinthians / Walter L. Liefeld -- Response / Alan F. Johnson -- Galatians 3:28 : conundrum or solution? / Klyne R. Snodgrass -- Response / Susie C. Stanley -- Response / W. Ward Gasque -- 1 Timothy 2:9-15 & the place of women in the church's ministry / David M. Scholer -- 1 Timothy 2:12 : a classicist's view / Catherine Clark Kroeger -- Response / Walter L. Liefeld -- Response to Scholer and Kroeger / Nancy Wiles Holsey -- Strategies for change / Joan D. Flikkema -- Response / Frances F. Hiebert -- Response / Timothy P. Weber -- Hearing the cry / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Understanding the differences / J.I. Packer -- Turning reality into dreams / Jeannette F. Scholer

The twenty-six evangelical leaders represented here, all participants in the Evangelical Colloquium on Women and the Bible, ask the hard questions about women's roles. Not all of them agree on everything. But they do agree that we must begin with the question, "What does the Bible teach?" They also agree that too often poor exegesis has been used to advocate positions on either side. Here support for women's ministry allies itself with scholarly rigor in the effort to break new ground