It does a great job of doing what all secondary sources are supposed to do: return us to the primary works themselves to evaluate the arguments with a fresh set of eyes. Because Van Leeuwen does that well, I’m comfortable highly recommending it (something I didn’t make clear in my review).

matt

In this narrow case, though, I believe C. S. Lewis’s theory was better than the man because the man struggled sexually: specifically, if Alan Jacobs’s biography is right, he struggled with some sadomasochist temptations and he knew it. Knowing that, I trust his theory because of his capacity to critique ideas in light of tradition and Scripture, even when his experience seems to point a different way due to our fallen flesh. I know this isn’t a full argument, since this is a blog comment, but I’ll throw it out there.

Also, I suppose I fall into the camp that believe that being created male and female in the image of the Triune God means there is a connection between Trinity and sexuality. Perichoresis, dance, implies different parts, i.e diversity.

Hooray for orthodoxdj!

P.S. Church of England has priestesses. They are now moving to having bishopesses.

ACNA has priestesses. They just ordained one recently.