Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: userPUB1@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Scott Advani) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Looking for some thoughts on moral theology Message-ID: Date: 9 Feb 90 07:24:21 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Alberta (MTS) Lines: 32 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , daved@academy.westford > >What are some contemporary books that stress New Testament-based >defenses of moral theology? What do people in this group think? Some would say that Christians don't think. Just like Christians don't party - they socialize! :-) ;-) >seems to take seriously: "Women ought to have long hair and be silent >in church." Other pronouncements are held up as binding on all >Christians. How does one know which is which? > I think PERHAPS Paul is making an observation that the social customs should be obeyed in the church. At that time, under the law, it was improper for a woman (against the Law) to speak in Church. Yet, in 1 Cor 11:5 he refers to women praying and prophesying. Also, the context is that of improper behavior in the church. 1 Cor 14:35 states "If they want to inquire about something..." so, if a woman objects to the use of tongues or prophesies IN THIS CULTURAL CONTEXT, then the woman should ask her husband when they go home. There is a good book about women in the church that was recently published by Linda Rainey Wright, entitled A CHORD OF THREE STRANDS. It might help you. In Christ, -= Scott Advani =- ------------ "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." - John 1:1