God created us, male and female, in his image. So what does that mean? Has the modern church suffered a tragic loss of the beauty of manhood and womanhood as created by God? Has the feminist influence within today's evangelical church led to a rejection of the effective authority of the Bible? In this reasoned, comprehensive response to more than one hundred controversial claims from evangelical feminists, biblical scholar Wayne Grudem answers these questions and examines the egalitarian perspective on every major doctrinal issue, including: what the Bible says about the roles of men and women in marriage; women in the church and in church leadership; theology and the concepts of equality, fairness, and justice; claims that a complementarian view is harmful. - Back cover.