The Role of Women in the Church

Charles C. Ryrie

oct 2011 · B&H Publishing Group

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Out of print in recent years, this newly revised edition of Charles Ryrie's The Role of Women in the Church, featuring a new foreword by Dorothy Kelley Patterson, proves its ongoing relevance in addressing what is still a divisive issue at the forefront of Christendom: What can a woman do in the church of God? 

With clarity and depth, Ryrie recounts the status of women in ancient Greece and Rome. He looks at the significance of Mary as Christ's mother, the attitude of Jesus toward women, and at women as ministers to Jesus. There are Scripture based chapters on marriage, celibacy, and divorce as well as a woman's place in church life. The book's final section examines the status of women in the church during the second and third centuries. 

In sum, Patterson views Ryrie's work as "a masterpiece of blending both historical records with biblical exegesis to present a well-reasoned biblical answer to the burning question from this generation and those to come."

Acerca del autor

Charles Caldwell Ryrie was born on March 2, 1925. He is the editor of The Ryrie Study Bible by Moody Publishers, which contains more than 10,000 of Dr. Ryrie's explanatory notes. First published in 1978, it has sold more than 2 million copies. Ryrie is a graduate of Haverford College, Dallas Theological Seminary, where he earned his Th.M. and Th.D. and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland where he earned his Ph.D. For many years he served as professor of systematic theology and dean of doctoral studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. He was also the president of Philadelphia School of the Bible.