Episcopal Women Gender, Spirituality, and Commitment in an American Mainline Denomination

Name: Episcopal Women Gender, Spirituality, and Commitment in an American Mainline Denomination
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ISBN: 9780195104653

ISBN-10: 019510465X

ISBN-13: 9780195104653

Edition: 1996

Authors: Catherine M. Prelinger

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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…

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List price: $98.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/14/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.19" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Introduction




Historical Perspectives



Woman's Work and Woman's Calling in the Episcopal Church: Chicago, 1880-1989




Episcopal Women as Community Leaders: Galveston, 1900-1989




Women and the Parallel Church: A View from Congregations




Beyond the Parallel Church: Strategies of Separatism and Integration in the Governing Councils of the Episcopal Church




Contemporary Voices



Gender and Generations in Congregations




Different Voices: African American Women in the Episcopal Church




Women's Works of Devotion: Feasts, Fairs, and Festivities




A Woman's Journey toward Priesthood: An Autobiographical Study from the 1950s through the 1980s




Images of a New Church



Ordained Women in the Episcopal Church: Their Impact on the Work and Structure of the Clergy




The Anthropology of Vitality and Decline: The Episcopal Church in a Changing Society




Theory, Theology, and Episcopal Churchwomen



Afterword: Episcopal Women in the Context of American Religious Life



Contributors


Index