Episcopal women : gender, spirituality, and commitment in an American mainline denomination
The opening of the ministry to women has created a new situation within Protestant denominations. This work studies the impact of these gender changes and includes essays on Episcopal theology and women's spirituality, the urban church, ageing and the church, women's organizations
History
1 online resource (xii, 363 pages)
9780195104653, 9780195074338, 9781429406291, 019510465X, 0195074335, 1429406291
182530787
Print version:
I. Historical Perspectives
Woman's work and woman's calling in the Episcopal Church : Chicago, 1880-1989 / Rima Lunin Schultz
Episcopal women as community leaders : Galveston, 1900-1989 / Elizabeth Hayes Turner
Women and the parallel church : a view from congregations / Joan R. Gunderson
Beyond the parallel church : strategies of separatism and integration in the governing councils of the Episcopal Church / Mary Sudman Donovan
II. Contemporary Voices
Gender and generations in congregations / Joanna B. Gillespie
Different voices : African American women in the Episcopal Church / Marjorie Nichols Farmer
Women' works of devotion : feasts, fairs, and festivities / Irene Q. Brown
A woman's journey toward priesthood : an autobiographical study from the 1950s through the 1980s / Sandra Hughes Boyd
III. Images of a New Church
Ordained women in the Episcopal Church : their impact on the work and structure of the clergy / Catherine M. Prelinger
The anthropology of vitality and decline : the Episcopal Church in a changing society / Constance H. Buchanan
Theory, theology, and Episcopal churchwomen / Margaret R. Miles
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010