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A review by lalatut
Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: How the Church Needs to Rediscover Her Purpose by Aimee Byrd
4.0
I always find Aimee's books interesting and her chosen subject is one I'm invested in.
She makes some very good points, though she is a bit more on the nose than I'm typically comfortable with. It seems as if she is intentionally provocative and that is the opposite of my own approach to these things. I can't make a moral judgment on that approach, but it makes me uncomfortable at times.
I do wish she opened with a list of her presuppositions. It's clear to me that she's writing from a very traditional, orthodox theological perspective, but she doesn't tend to spell that out anywhere. So an average reader who doesn't already know her context might have questions, particularly when you're dealing with potentially confusing or possibly controversial subject matter. I mean, she's not "egalitarian". But one might assume she's arguing for that by the title of her book, so I think she ends up alienating some of her potential audience by such an approach.
My only other thought is that she comes from an OPC background - a church tradition I have zero experience with. She seems to assume most of her readers will share her own views on ecclesiology & liturgical practices, but I'm guessing many don't. I attended a reformed seminary, but my own church experiences are far more mainstream.
All of that aside, if you are a woman who has struggled to know how your gifts fit into the larger body of Christ or in knowing how to relate to Christian men & church leadership, I think you'll appreciate this book a lot.
She makes some very good points, though she is a bit more on the nose than I'm typically comfortable with. It seems as if she is intentionally provocative and that is the opposite of my own approach to these things. I can't make a moral judgment on that approach, but it makes me uncomfortable at times.
I do wish she opened with a list of her presuppositions. It's clear to me that she's writing from a very traditional, orthodox theological perspective, but she doesn't tend to spell that out anywhere. So an average reader who doesn't already know her context might have questions, particularly when you're dealing with potentially confusing or possibly controversial subject matter. I mean, she's not "egalitarian". But one might assume she's arguing for that by the title of her book, so I think she ends up alienating some of her potential audience by such an approach.
My only other thought is that she comes from an OPC background - a church tradition I have zero experience with. She seems to assume most of her readers will share her own views on ecclesiology & liturgical practices, but I'm guessing many don't. I attended a reformed seminary, but my own church experiences are far more mainstream.
All of that aside, if you are a woman who has struggled to know how your gifts fit into the larger body of Christ or in knowing how to relate to Christian men & church leadership, I think you'll appreciate this book a lot.