1 Corinthians 11:3. Ephesians 5:22. If you’ve been anywhere near the arguments about complementarianism you’ll probably know what these verses say about women without having to look them up. Even if you don’t, you’ll definitely be familiar with what people have said they mean.

Several of my reads in 2017 were about the role and place of women. There were moments I was ready to write very long thank you letters to the authors; other times, I filled the margins with angry scribbles. Here are some short reviews of:

• The Rise and Fall of the Complementarian Doctrine of the Trinity
• The Meaning of Marriage
• God’s Feminist Movement
• Goddesses, Whores, Wives and Slaves
• Why Not Women?
• Scars Across Humanity

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