Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (or RBMW) is collection of articles on gender role

Gender role

Gender roles refer to the set of social and behavioral norms that are considered to be socially appropriate for individuals of a specific sex in the context of a specific culture, which differ widely between cultures and over time...

s, written from a biblical

Bible

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 perspective, and edited by John Piper

John Piper (theologian)

John Stephen Piper is a Christian preacher and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota...

 and Wayne Grudem

Wayne Grudem

Wayne A. Grudem is a Protestant theologian and author. He was born in 1948 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and married Margaret White on June 6, 1969 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin...

. Crossway Books

Good News Publishers

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 published the book in 1991 for the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood

The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is an evangelical Christian organization promoting a complementarian view of gender issues. CBMW's current president is Dr...

 (CBMW). (CBMW, an international, interdenominational, evangelical

Evangelicalism

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 Christian organisation, has a board and staff committed to a view of gender roles they dub complementarian. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood won Christianity Today

Christianity Today

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s Book of the Year award in 1992.

Summary

Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood presents its essays in five sections:

1. Vision and Overview (2 essays)
2. Exegetical and Theological Studies (12 essays)
3. Studies from Related Disciplines (5 essays)
4. Applications and Implications (6 essays)
5. Conclusion and Prospect (1 essay)

It also contains two appendices — an essay by Wayne Grudem and the Danvers Statement, and a Prefatory essay by John Piper.

See also

• Colorado Springs Guidelines
  Colorado Springs Guidelines
  The Colorado Springs Guidelines address gender issues in Bible translation, in response to "gender-neutral" Bible translations.They are not the product of any particular Christian denomination, but have been used, endorsed or cited by many Christian scholars, publishers and pastors...
  
  
• Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (JBMW)

Further reading

• Wayne Grudem (editor). Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books, 2002. [Essays from CBMW's 2000 conference]

External links

• John Piper
  John Piper (theologian)
  John Stephen Piper is a Christian preacher and author, currently serving as Pastor for Preaching and Vision of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota...
  
   and Wayne Grudem
  Wayne Grudem
  Wayne A. Grudem is a Protestant theologian and author. He was born in 1948 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and married Margaret White on June 6, 1969 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin...
  
   (editors). Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (RBMW). Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway Books
  Good News Publishers
  Good News Publishers is a not-for-profit Christian ministry that publishes and distributes gospel tracts. Good News Publishers is the parent company of Crossway Books, a publisher of evangelical Christian books. Good News/Crossway is headquartered in Wheaton, Illinois...
  
  , 1991 and 2006.
• Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood—official site of CBMW
• Crossway Books—official site of publisher
• Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood—mirror site
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  for CBMW publications at Leadership University