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A new case for female elders : an analytical reformed-evangelical approach

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dc.contributor.advisor Chimhanda, Francisca Hildegardis
dc.contributor.author Hübner, Jamin Andrew
dc.date.accessioned 2014-09-22T13:43:09Z
dc.date.available 2014-09-22T13:43:09Z
dc.date.issued 2013-11
dc.identifier.citation Hübner, Jamin Andrew (2013) A new case for female elders : an analytical reformed-evangelical approach, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14128> en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14128
dc.description.abstract This study is the product of research in the field of systematic theology, particularly the subject of women in ministry. The goal was to provide, given the scope and limits of the study, the most persuasive case for women elders (or “pastors”) from a Reformed-Evangelical approach to date. The primary means of accomplishing this goal is by making an analytically constructed argument that is both exegetically and theologically sound. The introduction outlines the study’s basic objectives, structure, research methods, assumptions, and overall direction. Two gives a detailed literature review of major publications on the subject of women ministry in order to track the movement of the debate. Three explores theological methods that addresses theological loci, the role of hermeneutics, and the theological-analytical structure and content of Reformed-Evangelical arguments for women elders. Chapter Four explores conceptual framework, which frames the specific, contemporary debate over women elders in Reformed-Evangelical circles, and then addresses the insights and challenges of feminist theology and Roman Catholic theology. The heart of the study is captured in three main chapters that present a case for women elders in the church. The first argument provides a detailed examination of the “prohibition passages” in the New Testament and concludes that they do not prohibit women from being elders. The second argument provides a sweeping account of the proclamation of the gospel in New Testament theology, and affirms that anti-women-elder readings and attitudes simply do not conform to the actions, attitudes, and teachings of the early church regarding gender and gospel-proclamation. Finally, the third section provides three additional arguments in favor of women elders. The first argument addresses the nature of hermeneutics and application of specific interpretations, the second addresses the nature of marriage and its relationship to church leadership, and the third deals with functions of women in NT ministry. The research concludes with Chapter Eight, which summarizes the argument and introduces practical ramifications if the study’s premises and conclusions are true. en
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (xiii, 449 leaves)
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Church Government en
dc.subject Church Offices en
dc.subject Ecclesiology en
dc.subject Elders en
dc.subject Eldership en
dc.subject Evangelical en
dc.subject Female elders en
dc.subject Gender en
dc.subject Ministry en
dc.subject Pastor en
dc.subject Pastoral ministry en
dc.subject Priesthood en
dc.subject Reformed en
dc.subject Women en
dc.subject Women Pastors en
dc.title A new case for female elders : an analytical reformed-evangelical approach en
dc.type Thesis en
dc.description.department Philosophy and Systematic Theology en
dc.description.degree D. Th. (Systematic Theology)


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