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A Sword Between the Sexes?: C. S. Lewis and the Gender Debates

ISBN: 9781587432088 | 1587432080
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Pub Group
Pub. Date: 2/1/2010

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
What did C. S. Lewis really think about gender roles? In this book, a widely recognized expert on male and female roles evaluates Lewis's understanding and presentation of gender, revealing that he ended his life thinking differently about gender than many of his followers assume. This is the first book to provide a close examination of Lewis's thought on gender and what it means for today. It addresses the tension between faith and science and offers insight into the continuing debate over gender relations, egalitarianism, and complementariani... MORE
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Introductionp. 9
Surprised by Jack: An Ambivalent Journeyp. 13
A More Fundamental Reality than Sex? C. S. Lewis's Views on Genderp. 35
"Mere" Christianity? Sources and Results of Lewis's Views on Genderp. 59
"Not the Only Fundamental Difference": The Edwardian World of C. S. Lewis and Dorothy L. Sayersp. 83
A Better Man than His Theories: C. S. Lewis as a Mentor and Colleague to Womenp. 109
"You Can Only Get to Know Them": C. S. Lewis and the Social Sciencesp. 139
Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth: The Psychology of Gender Since C. S. Lewisp. 167
"Nature Speaks Chiefly in Answer to Our Questions": C. S. Lewis and Some Neglected Issues in the Psychology of Genderp. 191
"True to the Kind of Things We Are": C. S. Lewis and Family Lifep. 215
"Suppressed by Jack": The Two Sides of C. S. Lewisp. 241
Indexp. 261
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Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen (PhD, Northwestern University) is professor of psychology and philosophy at Eastern University, where she is also resident scholar at the Center for Christian Women in Leadership. She is the author of Gender and Grace.


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