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Readings in Complementarity | Grimké Books Vol. I
In this inaugural episode of The Grimké Review of Books, we discuss a few important works foundational to our modern complementarian debates. Most notably, we engage with Gregg Allison’s recent book, Complementarity (2025), and Stephen B. Clark’s Man and Woman in Christ (1980).
SKIP AHEAD.
(00:00) Coming Up…
(00:36) Loving Books through a Digital Revolution
Pt. I — Clark & The Precomplementraian Era (1980s)
(04:13) Dust Jackets: Yea or Nay?
(06:23) Clark Anticipates the Complementarian Debate
(11:07) Betty Friedan, the Pill, and Evangelical Feminism
(16:52) Social Sciences & the Weight of Biblical Evidence
Pt. II — CBMW & The Complementarian Era (1990s–2020s)
(22:33) Danvers against “Honest Perspectives”
(29:08) Proper Science: Hermeneutics and Beyond
(38:57) Egalitarians Hate Hierarchy
Pt. III — Allison & Post-Complementarian Drift (Present Day)
(46:23) Allison’s Complementarity and Missing the Point
(51:24) A Tragic Thesis
(57:08) Critical Theory, Blindness, and “My Sex Identity”
(01:01:10) Does Allison Prescribe a “Third Way” Approach?
(01:08:11) Who Is Prudence Allen?
(01:12:06) Buckling to Cultural Pressures
(01:16:46) For the Sake of Pastors
MAJOR WORKS DISCUSSED.
Allison, Gregg R. Complementarity: Dignity, Difference, and Interdependence. Brentwood: B&H Academic, 2025.
✧ Hardcover: https://a.co/d/fQkwxsd
Clark, Stephen B. Man and Woman in Christ: An Examination of the Roles of Men and Women in Light of Scripture and the Social Sciences. Bloomington: Warhorn Media, 2021.
✧ Hardcover: https://a.co/d/hozASVX
✧ Free PDF: https://mwc.warhornmedia.com/Man-and-Woman-in-Christ.pdf
WORKS ALSO MENTIONED.
Pierce, Ronald W., Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, and Gordon D. Fee eds. Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. Second edition. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
✧ Paperback (2nd ed.): https://a.co/d/6VdJ6br
Piper, John, and Wayne Grudem eds. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism. Revised edition. Wheaton: Crossway, 2021.
✧ Paperback: https://a.co/d/1kpZpcE
✧ Free PDF: https://cbmw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/9781433573460_EPDF.pdf
Wedgeworth, Steven. “Man, Woman, Bridges, and Boundaries: A Review Essay of Gregg Allison’s Complementarity: Dignity, Difference, and Interdependence.” Eikon 7, no. 11 (Fall 2025).
✧ Article: https://shorturl.at/8tbie
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IN THIS VIDEO.
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✧ Bio: https://grimkeseminary.org/doug-ponder
Joe Holland — Dean (Grimké College)
✧ Bio: https://grimkeseminary.org/joe-holland
Bryan Laughlin — Chancellor & CEO (Grimké)
✧ Bio: https://grimkeseminary.org/bryan-laughlin
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In this inaugural episode of The Grimké Review of Books, we discuss a few important works foundational to our modern complementarian debates. Most notably, we engage with Gregg Allison’s recent book, Complementarity (2025), and Stephen B. Clark’s Man and Woman in Christ (1980).
SKIP AHEAD.
(00:00) Coming Up…
(00:36) Loving Books through a Digital Revolution
Pt. I — Clark & The Precomplementraian Era (1980s)
(04:13) Dust Jackets: Yea or Nay?
(06:23) Clark Anticipates the Complementarian Debate
(11:07) Betty Friedan, the Pill, and Evangelical Feminism
(16:52) Social Sciences & the Weight of Biblical Evidence
Pt. II — CBMW & The Complementarian Era (1990s–2020s)
(22:33) Danvers against “Honest Perspectives”
(29:08) Proper Science: Hermeneutics and Beyond
(38:57) Egalitarians Hate Hierarchy
Pt. III — Allison & Post-Complementarian Drift (Present Day)
(46:23) Allison’s Complementarity and Missing the Point
(51:24) A Tragic Thesis
(57:08) Critical Theory, Blindness, and “My Sex Identity”
(01:01:10) Does Allison Prescribe a “Third Way” Approach?
(01:08:11) Who Is Prudence Allen?
(01:12:06) Buckling to Cultural Pressures
(01:16:46) For the Sake of Pastors
MAJOR WORKS DISCUSSED.
Allison, Gregg R. Complementarity: Dignity, Difference, and Interdependence. Brentwood: B&H Academic, 2025.
✧ Hardcover: https://a.co/d/fQkwxsd
Clark, Stephen B. Man and Woman in Christ: An Examination of the Roles of Men and Women in Light of Scripture and the Social Sciences. Bloomington: Warhorn Media, 2021.
✧ Hardcover: https://a.co/d/hozASVX
✧ Free PDF: https://mwc.warhornmedia.com/Man-and-Woman-in-Christ.pdf
WORKS ALSO MENTIONED.
Pierce, Ronald W., Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, and Gordon D. Fee eds. Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy. Second edition. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
✧ Paperback (2nd ed.): https://a.co/d/6VdJ6br
Piper, John, and Wayne Grudem eds. Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism. Revised edition. Wheaton: Crossway, 2021.
✧ Paperback: https://a.co/d/1kpZpcE
✧ Free PDF: https://cbmw.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/9781433573460_EPDF.pdf
Wedgeworth, Steven. “Man, Woman, Bridges, and Boundaries: A Review Essay of Gregg Allison’s Complementarity: Dignity, Difference, and Interdependence.” Eikon 7, no. 11 (Fall 2025).
✧ Article: https://shorturl.at/8tbie
THE GRIMKÉ PODCAST.
All Episodes: https://grimke.org/podcast
IN THIS VIDEO.
Dr. Doug Ponder — Academic Dean (Grimké Seminary)
✧ Bio: https://grimkeseminary.org/doug-ponder
Joe Holland — Dean (Grimké College)
✧ Bio: https://grimkeseminary.org/joe-holland
Bryan Laughlin — Chancellor & CEO (Grimké)
✧ Bio: https://grimkeseminary.org/bryan-laughlin
MORE FROM GRIMKÉ.
Grimké Seminary — Training Pastors and Planters in, by, and for the Church
✧ https://grimkeseminary.org
Grimké College — Practical Biblical Studies for Every Christian
✧ https://grimkecollege.org
Grimké Europe — For the Church in Europe, Hosted in Liverpool, UK
✧ https://grimkeeurope.org
SUPPORT GRIMKÉ.
Want to support the work of Grimké Seminary?
✧ https://grimkeseminary.org/give/
FOLLOW US.
✧ YouTube — https://youtube.com/@grimkeofficial
✧ X — https://twitter.com/grimkeseminary
✧ Instagram — https://instagram.com/grimkeseminary
✧ Facebook — https://facebook.com/grimkeseminary
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