WOMEN AND HEAD COVERINGS

By: Guillermo Santamaria

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

What did Paul really mean in 1 Corinthians 11? Was the head covering a temporary custom, a permanent ordinance, or something far deeper than modern readers often assume?

Women and Head Coverings is a bold and reverent examination of one of the most neglected and uncomfortable subjects in Christian worship. Refusing both modern mockery and empty traditionalism, this book digs into the biblical text itself—tracing Paul’s argument through headship, creation, glory, shame, nature, and the presence of angels. It wrestles honestly with the strongest arguments on both sides and asks whether the church has too quickly dismissed what Scripture treats with sobering seriousness.

Along the way, this work explores the customs of Jews, Greeks, and Romans regarding hair and veiling, the testimony of the early church and the Fathers, the varied Baptist interpretations of the passage, and the wider spiritual meaning of visible obedience in worship. It also considers related questions such as whether hair itself is the covering, whether Jesus likely wore long hair, and how Old School Baptist instincts—especially those associated with men like Beebe and Trott—might approach the issue.

This is not a book about fabric alone. It is a book about reverence, order, submission, worship, and whether the people of God will still bow when Scripture speaks. Serious, searching, and unafraid of controversy, this volume calls the church to examine not only its customs, but its conscience before God.