Gender issues flaring within Western culture have been argued for centuries within the church. To achieve better outcomes in this conflict zone, one needs respect for tradition, intellectual curiosity, awareness of one’s own cultural biases, readiness to acknowledge past mistakes and humour.
These are exactly the attitudes adopted by Deborah Candler in Framed.
From beginning to end the reader is transported on a roller coaster of surprising scholarship, enthralling insights and courageous confrontation with seemingly intractable texts and scholarly saints. This book brings tears of laughter and grief as it stirs each to re-examine our understanding of women in leadership. It’s a compulsory read for all people of Christian faith.
Dr Stuart Robinson, Founding Pastor, Crossway Baptist Church, Research Fellow, Melbourne School of Theology.