What 'Headship' Really Means with Dr. Lyndon Jost

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of headship with Dr. Lyndon Jost, focusing on its theological roots and implications for gender debates.

Derek Rishmawy, James Wood, and Alastair Roberts welcome Dr. Lyndon Jost, author of Transfiguring Headship: A Figural Theology of Gender . Jost argues that headship is rooted in Old Testament figural theology rather than Greco-Roman culture, that it fundamentally means representation rather than authority, and that this reframes debates between complementarians and egalitarians alike. — Get your copy of our free ebook, Spiritual Formation for the Family , at http://mereorthodoxy.com/family . Mere Fidelity is a podcast from Mere Orthodoxy and is listener-supported. If you would like to support this work, become a Mere Orthodoxy Member today at http://mereorthodoxy.com/membership . Get 30% of the Baker Book of the Month, Keeping Kids Christian: Recovering A Biblical Vision For Lifelong Discipleship, by going to: http://bakerbookhouse.com/pages/mere-fidelity Apply for Beeson Divinity School's Ph.D program by April 1 for Fall 2026 admission here: https://bit.ly/BeesonPhD — Chapters 01:15 - Overview of Transfiguring Headship 03:06 - Headship as Representation, Not Authority 06:09 - Critiquing Complementarian and Egalitarian Readings 10:32 - Figural Theology and the Fourfold Senses of…

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Rishmawy, James Wood, Alastair Roberts

Guest: Dr. Lyndon Jost

Topics covered

• headship
• figural theology
• gender representation
• complementarianism
• egalitarianism
• Old Testament theology

Keywords

• headship
• gender
• theology
• Old Testament
• complementarian
• egalitarian
• representation
• authority

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mere Orthodoxy, Beeson Divinity School

Products: Spiritual Formation for the Family, Keeping Kids Christian: Recovering A Biblical Vision For Lifelong Discipleship

Books & works: Transfiguring Headship: A Figural Theology of Gender

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