Traditional ways of dividing work by gender are disappearing and new
ways of ordering our lives are emerging. Today, women and men engage in
various forms of work in the course of a lifetime: work for pay, housework,
family care-taking work, volunteer work. Our expansion of work roles holds
great promise for our personal development, the well-being of families,
and the health of society. We can weave together all forms of work, with
determination and imagination, as we open doors for future generations.
Our attitudes, values, and world views are changing along with our working
patterns. Old ideal images, now limiting and harmful, are losing their
power. Opportunities for theological reformation emerge based on a new
understanding of human nature, just love, and the order of society. We live
in an accelerating time of great change and great consequence. This is a
book for such a time.
