Women and American ReligionOxford University Press, 2000 - 141 pages An old African-American churchgoers' saying rings true for most religious denominations in the United States: "Women are the backbone of the church." For centuries, women have been the majority of members in almost all religious groups. They provide essential financial and social support and work tirelessly in the background of all church-based activities. Yet it is largely men who occupy the high rungs of church hierarchy, and they are the ones who get most of the credit. Ann Braude examines the important role of women in American religious history, focusing on their recent admission to public religious leadership and their fight for equal rights and recognition through the centuries. Both noted and little known women--such as Margaret Winthrop, Jarena Lee, Mary Baker Eddy, Henrietta Szold, Aimee Semple McPherson, and Mary Daly--spring to life in the pages of this thorough, passionate book. |
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... priest in 1974 , she stood in the doorway at the back of the church . When her husband responded to the bishop's examination , she respond- ed , too . As the bishop and other priests laid their hands on the new priest , a deacon , one ...
... priest in 1974 , she stood in the doorway at the back of the church . When her husband responded to the bishop's examination , she respond- ed , too . As the bishop and other priests laid their hands on the new priest , a deacon , one ...
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... priests . But the Vatican's apparent openness on the subject has given way to increasingly firm refusals . In 1977 it published a Declaration on the Question of the Admission of Women to Ministerial Priesthood . In it women's ordination ...
... priests . But the Vatican's apparent openness on the subject has given way to increasingly firm refusals . In 1977 it published a Declaration on the Question of the Admission of Women to Ministerial Priesthood . In it women's ordination ...
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... priests has created a strange situation in the United States , where the church continues to grow but where the number of men wanting to be priests continues to decrease . Because of the shortage of priests , Catholic canon law has been ...
... priests has created a strange situation in the United States , where the church continues to grow but where the number of men wanting to be priests continues to decrease . Because of the shortage of priests , Catholic canon law has been ...
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