{"product_id":"encountering-god-in-tyrannical-texts-9780664259525","title":"Encountering God in Tyrannical Texts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Bible includes any number of   oetyrannical texts  � that have proved to be profoundly oppressive in the lives of many people. Among them are Pauline texts that have circumscribed the lives and ministries of women throughout Christian history. What are people who honor Scripture to do with such texts, and what does it mean to speak of biblical authority in their presence? In \u003ci\u003eEncountering God in Tyrannical Texts\u003c\/i\u003e, Frances Taylor Gench provides strategies for engaging such texts with integritythat is, without dismissing them, whitewashing them, or acquiescing to themand as potential sources of edification for the church. Gench also facilitates reflection on the nature and authority of Scripture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEncountering God in Tyrannical Texts\u003c\/i\u003e provides access to feminist scholarship that can inform preaching and teaching of problematic Pauline texts and encourages public engagement with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGench, Frances Taylor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrances Taylor Gench\u003c\/b\u003e is the Herbert Worth and Annie H. Jackson Professor of Biblical Interpretation at \u003cbr\u003eUnion Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBack to the Well: Womenâ (TM)s Encounters with Jesus in the Gospels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEncounters with Jesus: Studies in the Gospel of John\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFaithful Disagreement: Wrestling with Scripture in the Midst of Church Conflict.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westminster John Knox Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527155519762,"sku":"9780664259525","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7363a53c-4e37-45d0-b3ba-abe21f11fddc.jpg?v=1731292793","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/encountering-god-in-tyrannical-texts-9780664259525","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}