Two Views on Women in Ministry

Rating:
Summary: An Informative But Disappointing Addition to "Counterpoints"
Review: While we would certainly recommend this volume to those studying the issue, overall we found it disappointing. There is certainly a great deal of excellent scholarly material to be found -- perhaps far too much to be helpful to the average reader, though. The Editors lead you to believe that unless one has done post-graduate work in New Testament studies, one could not begin to understand the complexities of this issue.

(Really?! Me thinks I smell a rat...)

Moreover, I found the book to be far too prejudicial against traditional views. (For example, the "complimentarian" view is almost always referred to as the "hierarchical" view by both editors and the "egalitarian" proponents.) Our advice: read Alexander Strauch's book! While there is useful information here, Beck & Bloomberg have ultimately added more confusion to the issue. Recommended -- with qualification.