See the excellent article just released on the web today by Christianity Today senior associate editor Agnieszka Tennant entitled:
What (Not All)
Women Want
The finicky femininity of Captivating
by John and Stasi Eldredge.
This is the most popular non-fiction book on the Christian Bestsellers List, September 2006. This is also a hugely popular book on Christian college campuses like Taylor University where I teach.
Tennant responds personally and thoughtfully to the stereotypical view of Christian femininity advocated by the authors. I hope many students will read this article and begin to think more critically about the book’s content.
I never like to be just negative without providing an alternative so here are . . .
Some books we should be buying for the women in our lives.
On becoming a thoughtful Christian female theologian:
Confessions
of a Beginning Theologian
by Elouise
Renich Fraser
On femininity by Van Leeuwen of Eastern University:
Gender
& Grace: Love Work & Parenting in a Changing World
by Mary
Stewart Van Leeuwen
On the story of a woman with traditional views being inspired by the Bible:
When
Life and Beliefs Collide
by Carolyn
Custis James
Lost
Women of the Bible: Finding Strength & Significance through Their Stories
by Carolyn
Custis James
On the journey of a woman searching the Scriptures:
Equal
to Serve: Women and Men Working Together Revealing the Gospel
by Gretchen
Gaebelein Hull
On the biblical issues:
Discovering
Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy
by Ronald
W. Pierce (Editor), Rebecca
Merrill Groothuis (Editor), Gordon
D. Fee (Editor)
To be fair, see also the critique of this book at:
Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Responds to Discovering Biblical Equality (IVP,2004)
For parents by McMinn of Wheaton College:
Growing
Strong Daughters: Encouraging Girls to Become All They’re Meant to Be
by Lisa
Graham McMinn
On scholarship and women:
Living
on the Boundaries: Evangelical Women, Feminism And the Theological Academy
by Nicola
Hoggard Creegan, Christine
D. Pohl
On struggles as a woman:
Redeeming
Eve: Finding Hope Beyond the Struggles of Life
by Heather
P. Webb
On femininity and spirituality:
Eve's
Revenge: Women and a Spirituality of the Body
by Lilian
Calles Barger
