Frank

Mara, as regards the books I mentioned. Dr. Tracy’s book, MENDING THE SOUL, is part of an anti-abuse program offered by Radio Bible Class, and which was developed by Alice P. Matthews, a former missionary, a charter member of the Denver chapter of CBE, and presently the Associate Professor of Women’s Ministries at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. And I think you can order it through the CBE bookstore. As for Stephen Boyd, he was a former SBC pastor who left the denominsation because of what he regarded as its predominant, rigid “fundamentalism,” and is now involved with the American Baptist Church. He is presently the Associate Professor of Christian History at Wake Forest University and is a co-director of the men’s studies group sponsored by the American Academy of Religion. He is somewhat liberal in his thinking, and so there are some aspects of his book, such as his view on gays and lesbians, that I strongly disagree with. However, you’ll never find a finer survey, exposee and refutation of what patriarchy is and how it harms both men and women than this book. And if I wanted to give a book to shake up a hierarchicalist and make him face the negative reality of his position, it would be this one. But it was printed in 1995, and is available only through on-line used bookstores, as far as I know.