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Exposed Heads And Exposed Motives: Coverings As A Means To Unity At Corinth, April M. Hoelke
Exposed Heads And Exposed Motives: Coverings As A Means To Unity At Corinth, April M. Hoelke
MA in Religion Theses
This thesis argues that in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 Paul asserts most centrally that women should wear head coverings while praying and prophesying in the Corinthian Christian assembly. I examine the honor and shame value system of the Greco-Roman world, both generally and in specific reference to head adornment, since head coverings and hairstyles were connected to honor and status. Then I look at Paul's treatment of honor and shame throughout 1 Corinthians, which denounces the worldly value system of status seeking in favor of the value system of the cross. Paul's stance leads him to subject cultural norms to gospel …