"As humans, we were created to love God and our neighbor. Love does no harm to a neighbor, wherefore, instead of resisting each other, we ought to co-operate with each other. But although a seemingly easy task, submission requires a lot of wisdom: we must decide daily whether we should co-operate or respectfully dissent, for love does not lead us down the path of evil. Intelligent submission follows the way of wisdom, the way of goodness and peace. Blessed are those who follow her path." This brief but informative book examines the logical fallacies that lie behind patriarchal theology that...

En tant qu'humains, nous avons ete crees pour aimer Dieu et notre prochain. L'amour ne blesse pas son prochain, nous devons donc cooperer les uns avec les autres plutot que de resister aux autres. Bien que cela puisse sembler etre une tache aisee, la soumission exige beaucoup de sagesse: nous devons quotidiennement decider s'il nous faut cooperer ou faire respectueusement dissidence car l'amour ne nous conduit pas sur la voie du mal. La soumission intelligente marche sur la voie de la sagesse, la voie de la paix et de la bonte. Bienheureux sont ceux qui suivent cette voie."

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) prefers not to use the words "patriarchy" or "hierarchy" when describing their theology. Yet, their theology sounds and looks remarkably like the hierarchy that exists within patriarchy with its insistence that men should always be in charge and women should always obey. But how solid are the arguments in favor of the man's rule over the woman, and how well do they hold up under scrutiny? "Recovering From Un-Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Patriarchy" examines the main arguments in an easy-to-read dialogue format...

If submission must be intelligent, it cannot be unilateral; even the man must submit to the woman's refusal to obey when asked to sin. And if also the man must submit, servant leadership cannot describe unilateral authority; instead it must prescribe the exact same kind of attitude towards the woman as intelligent submission prescribes towards the man, i.e., both women and men must accept personal responsibility while they treat other people with the same consideration and respect they expect to receive in return. And since this is the biblical model, where does the idea that God gave the man...

Si la soumission doit etre intelligente, elle ne peut etre unilaterale; meme l'homme doit se soumettre au refus de sa femme d'obeir lorsqu'il lui demande de pecher. Et si l'homme doit aussi se soumettre, le leadership de service ne peut decrire une autorite unilaterale; il doit plutot decrire le meme genre d'attitude envers la femme que la soumission intelligente qui est prescrite envers l'homme, i.e. les hommes, tout comme les femmes, doivent avoir le meme respect et la meme consideration qu'ils s'attendent a recevoir en retour. Et puisqu'il s'agit du modele biblique, d'ou vient donc l'idee...