Includes bibliographical references (p 465-484) and indexes.

My odyssey -- Backgrounds to Paul's teaching regarding man and woman -- Women Paul names as ministry leaders -- Paul's theological axioms imply the equality of man and woman -- Galatians 3:28 : man and woman, one in Christ -- 1 Corinthians 7 : the equal rights of man and woman in marriage -- 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 : introduction -- 1 Corinthians 11:2-3 : head/source relationships -- 1 Corinthians 11:4 : the disgrace of a man "having down from the head" -- 1 Corinthians 11:5-6 : the disgrace of a woman's head "uncovered" -- 1 Corinthians 11:7-10 : theological reasons for head-covering rules -- 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 : the equal standing of woman and man in Christ -- 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 : shameful head coverings explained as hair -- 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 : conclusion and application -- 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 : did Paul forbid women to speak in church? -- Ephesians 5:21-33 and Colossians 3:18-19 : husband-wife relationships -- 1 Timothy 2:8-15 : introduction : the Ephesian church situation addressed in 1 Timothy -- 1Timothy 2:8-11 : "let a woman learn in quietness and in all submission" -- 1 Timothy 2:12, part I : "I am not permitting a woman to teach" -- 1 Timothy 2:12, part II : does ... separate two prohibitions or conjoin them? -- 1 Timothy 2:12, part III : does ... mean "assume authority"? -- 1 Timothy 2:13-14 : the need for respect, the danger of deception -- 1 Timothy 2:15 : salvation through "the childbirth" -- 1 Timothy 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 : may women be overseers and deacons? -- Conclusion: Paul consistently champions the equality of man and woman in Christ.