1st Edition

A Map of the New Country Women and Christianity

By Sara Maitland Copyright 1983
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

Most feminists have turned away from the Christian churches, regarding both Catholicism and the protestant denominations as bastions of sexism and patriarchal oppression. However, Christian feminists committed to improving the position of Christian women and to the spiritual renewal of their respective churches are drawing inspiration for their struggles from the contemporary Women’s Movement. In... Read more

1. Roots and Beginnings  2. Women Together  3. Communities of Faith  4. Ordination  5. Women in the Bureaucracies  6. Language and Spirituality  7. Moving Forward – Some Conclusions

Biography

Maitland, Sara