Today’s release of the Spring 2022 issue of Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology marks the beginning of its fourth year in publication. The topic for this seventh issue of Eikon is the family. While providing cultural analysis and historical perspective, we hope that this issue brings renewed appreciation for the most basic institution of civilization and God’s...

Editor’s note: The following essay appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Eikon. Egalitarianism tends to obscure the deeper differences between manhood and womanhood.[1] This has not served us well in the last fifty years. It has instead confused millions and muted a crucial summons for a distinctly masculine care. Unanswered Question What average man...

Editors note: the following book review appears in the Spring 2022 issue of Eikon. Paul C. Vitz, ed. The Complementarity of Women and Men: Philosophy, Theology, Psychology & Art. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2021. In his encyclical Familiaris Consortio, Pope John Paul II stated that there was a “natural complementarity that...

Today is the release of the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon: A Journal for Biblical Anthropology. This is now our sixth issue under the new masthead. This issue and past issues can be accessed at no cost at our website, where you can also download free PDFs, read individual essays and reviews, and subscribe to...

Editors note: the following book review appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. Dorothy A. Lee. The Ministry of Women in the New Testament: Reclaiming the Biblical Vision for Church Leadership. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021. Introduction The title is inviting: The Ministry of Women in the New Testament. One would welcome a comprehensive,...

Editors note: the following book review appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Eikon. Peppiatt, Lucy. Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2019. Introduction In Rediscovering Scripture’s Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts, Lucy Peppiatt, the principal of Westminster Theological Centre, analyzes what the Bible...