1. I am indebted to A. T. B. McGowan much of the way here, though he should not be held responsible for my use—or abuse—of his excellent study: "In Defence of 'Headship Theology'," in The God of Covenant. Biblical, theological and contemporary perspectives, ed. by Jamie A. Grant and Alistair I. Wilson (Leicester: Apollos, 2005),178-99.
2. D. Bonhoeffer, Ethics, ed. E. Bethge (London: SCM, 1978), 3-4. In order not to clutter the article with footnotes, all subsequent quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are to this book, with the relevant page number stated in brackets immediately after their citation.
3. Ibid., 197.
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