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    Is the Bible Good for Women?: Seeking Clarity and Confidence Through a Jesus-Centered Understanding of Scripture
    Is the Bible Good for Women?: Seeking Clarity and Confidence Through a Jesus-Centered Understanding of Scripture
    Is the Bible Good for Women?: Seeking Clarity and Confidence Through a Jesus-Centered Understanding of Scripture
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    Is the Bible Good for Women?: Seeking Clarity and Confidence Through a Jesus-Centered Understanding of Scripture

    Written by Wendy Alsup

    Narrated by Wendy Alsup

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    Headline: Is it possible to embrace the inherent dignity of womanhood while still cherishing the Bible? Many, both inside and outside the church, are concerned that an orthodox understanding of the Bible is threatening and even harmful to women. After all, the Bible has a number of passages regarding women that are deeply troubling and hard to read. But is that assessment accurate? In this fascinating look at God's work of redemption from Creation to today, Wendy Alsup explores questions such as: * How does God view justice and equal rights for women? * What does it mean to be made in the image of God? * How have the centuries distorted our interpretation of how God views women? * How did Jesus approach the Old Testament and how does that help us read difficult passages today? * What is the difference between a modern view of feminism and the feminism that Scripture models? * How does the Bible explain the Bible to us? Using a Jesus-centered understanding to look at both God's grand storyline and specific biblical passages, Alsup gives practical, accessible tools for understanding the noble ways God speaks to and about women in its pages and the dignity He places on His daughters.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristianAudio.com
    Release dateMar 21, 2017
    ISBN9781683666400
    Is the Bible Good for Women?: Seeking Clarity and Confidence Through a Jesus-Centered Understanding of Scripture
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    Wendy Alsup

    Wendy Alsup began her public ministry as deacon of women's theology and teaching at her church in Seattle, and now lives on her family farm in South Carolina, where she teaches math at a local community college and is a mother to her two boys. She writes at theologyforwomen.org and is a member of the Pelican Project. She is the author of a number of books, including Is the Bible Good for Women? and Practical Theology for Women.

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    • 4/5
      This would be a generally-reliable and helpful (not too technical) book for a woman (or a man) in regards to some of the controversial biblical passages and characters. If one already has a solid understanding of the authority of Scripture (inspiration, inerrancy, sufficiency), then you could skip ahead to chapter 8 or 9.

      Though Alsup is at a Presbyterian church now, that doesn’t come through in her argumentation. Thus it’s a broadly helpful primer on a orthodox understanding of women. I also appreciated how directly she refuted the interpretations of those like Rachel Held Evans.
    • 4/5
      If we believe the Bible is the unquestionable word of God, we probably have to also believe it’s good for everyone. If we believe the Bible’s just an interesting old book, we’ll apply its rules to the present day with much more caution and doubt. But readers who find themselves in between these stances, particular women, might be drawn to read this book in search of hope and recognition.Wendy Alsup offers lots of intriguing answers to those questions or Bible stories so often presented to hold women down. In "Is The Bible Good For Women?" she reminds her readers why interpretation can't be treated the same way as truth. Meanwhile she offers honest insights into a Bible that’s not a textbook or a collection of stories with easy applications. Old Testament tales of wounded women are presented in historical context, revealing surprisingly good consequences for women. What looks from the outside like restriction becomes protection when viewed through a historical lens. And the misuse of those same protections today is man's mistake, not God's.I enjoyed the author’s Christ-centered, whole-story approach to the Old Testament, and was fascinated by her explanation of the difference between wisdom and law. New Testament applications, however, are strongly guided by the author’s own experience. Thankfully, she does remind us of this, and explains her interpretation is never meant as a blueprint for all. But for some, the uneven avoidance of outside interpretations might result in a New Testament “wisdom” that sounds too close to “law.”Readers who enjoyed the earlier parts of the book might justifiably be disappointed as the reading continues. For myself, I’d rather believe women can become more free—I prefer a different interpretation from the author's, and I choose to let New Testament culture advise my understanding of the New Testament, as Old Testament culture does my view of the Old. That said, I really enjoyed Wendy Alsup’s book. The questions included at the end would make it an excellent resource for a women’s study group, and the emphasis on Christ makes it a good Christian resource as well.Disclosure: Blogging for Books provided this book to me for free in exchange for an honest review.