I. Introduction
II. The Theological Options
1. A summary statement
2. The androgynous ideal
3. The traditional view which subsumes human sexuality under marriage
4. The view which grounds human sexuality in the Imago Dei (Karl Barth)
5. Man and woman in Barth's theology: An evaluation
III. The Relationship Between Man and Woman
1. Introduction
2. An examination of the New Testament texts on which a hierarchical view of the man/woman relationship is based in Christian theology
3. The hierarchical view of the man/woman relationship elaborated and defended
A classical statement: Thomas Aquinas
A transitional statement: Luther and Calvin
A contemporary statement: Karl Barth
4. Women in the Old Testament and in Judaism
5. Jesus and women
6. The Pauline argument revisited
7. An analysis of the Second Creation Narrative
8. The rejection of the hierarchal view of the man/woman relationship in favor of one partnership
IV. The Ontology of Sex (The Eternal Feminine).