This book is not written solely for women, but for anyone seeking clarification of what it means that: ‘every human being is created in the image of God’. It is not asking whether God is sexist, but showing the goodness of God to his 'female image bearers' and discovering some beautiful truths in this. It is neither feminist nor anti-feminist; it seeks to be bible based in all its arguments. The author has quite a long introduction setting out what she plans to do and why, and at first I found the book a bit laborious. However, once I got into it I was blessed by it. It starts at creation, and covers the fall, strong women in the bible, women and sex, women’s bodies, women and marriage, working its way up to the church as the body of Christ, where both female and male image bearers are equal and created to work together as the body of Christ. This is the culmination of all her arguments: “Unity through complementarity. Becoming one, ultimately with Christ and in Christ. Being the unified people of God is our eternally good identity, and we’re growing into that identity right now, reflecting Jesus more and more.”

Fiona M. Talbot, Plockton & Kyle Free Church