Episcopal Women: Gender, Spirituality, and Commitment in an American Mainline DenominationCatherine M. Prelinger Oxford University Press, 1992 - 363 pages The opening of the ordained ministry to women, in the larger context of the women's movement in America, has created an unprecedented situation within Protestant denominations. Women are now increasingly visible in religious organizations previously administered solely by men. Congregations, church agencies, educational institutions, and volunteer organizations are all affected by the "gender shift" within mainstream Protestantism. Episcopal Women is the first careful historical and sociological study of the impact of these gender changes on a particular religious institution. This groundbreaking volume includes essays on Episcopal theology and women's spirituality, the urban church, aging and the church, women's organizations, women donors, clerical leadership, and black women's experience in the Episcopal Church. |
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... human experience ; one representative analysis by a leading theologian identifies time itself as " a general human - meaning factor . " " " In fact , however , the experience of aging commonly described or referred to is not universal ...
... human experience ; one representative analysis by a leading theologian identifies time itself as " a general human - meaning factor . " " " In fact , however , the experience of aging commonly described or referred to is not universal ...
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... human being is the negative assessment it bears of aging and old age in particular . Despite rich Christian resources and injunctions for a positive view of aging , Christian anthropology promotes negative images of elders and of aging ...
... human being is the negative assessment it bears of aging and old age in particular . Despite rich Christian resources and injunctions for a positive view of aging , Christian anthropology promotes negative images of elders and of aging ...
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... human being , is central to Christian theology . It provides the entry point into the tradition , allowing individuals to find there resources for understanding their own experience and the basic patterns of human life — the way it is ...
... human being , is central to Christian theology . It provides the entry point into the tradition , allowing individuals to find there resources for understanding their own experience and the basic patterns of human life — the way it is ...
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Historical Perspectives | 17 |
Galveston | 72 |
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