When women were priests : women's leadership in the early church and the scandal of their subordination in the rise of Christianity / Karen Jo Torjesen.
| Author/creator | Torjesen, Karen Jo, 1945- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, [1993] |
| Description | x, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Women's leadership in the early church and the scandal of their subordination in the rise of Christianity |
| Contents | 1. Preachers, Pastors, Prophets and Patrons -- 2. Household Management and Women's Authority -- 3. Patronage and Women's Power -- 4. Public Women, Private Virtues -- 5. A Woman's Honor Is Her Shame -- 6. When the Church Goes Public -- 7. The Penetrator and the Penetrated -- 8. Sin Is a Sexually Communicable Disease -- 9. What If God Had Breasts? |
| Abstract | "Vital to the current debate about women and the Church, this book discloses that women played prominent leadership roles in Jesus' own ministry and in the early Church -- as prophets, heads of churches and teachers. It explains why women were marginalized and scapegoated as the Church successfully emerged as a public institution and what the reasons were for women's subordination in Christianity."--Publisher's description. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Torjesen, Karen Jo, 1945- When women were priests. 1st ed. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, ©1993 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 91058916 |
| ISBN | 0060682973 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780060682972 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0060686618 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780060686611 (pbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | BR195.W6 T67 1993 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |