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Equal at the Creation : Sexism, Society, and Christian Thought.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (216 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781442674523
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Equal at the CreationLOC classification:
  • BV639.W7 E683 1998
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 Gender Roles in Family and Culture: The Basis of Sexism in Religion -- 2 Gender in the Origins of Christianity: Jewish Hopes and Imperial Exigencies -- 3 The Aesthetics of Paradise: Images of Women in Christian Antiquity -- 4 Excluded by the Logic of Control: Women in Medieval Society and Scholastic Theology -- 5 Ave Virginia, Regina Terrae: The Power of Culture and the Culture of Power in Renaissance England -- 6 Separation of the Sexes: The Development of Gender Roles in Modern Catholicism -- 7 Towards a Single Anthropology: Developments in Modern Protestantism -- 8 Catholics and Protestants, Conservatives and Liberals: Christian Marriage Today -- 9 Weaving New Cloth: Overcoming Sexism in Ordination Policies -- 10 Understanding the Dynamics of Gender Roles: Towards the Abolition of Sexism in Christianity -- Afterword -- CONTRIBUTORS.
Summary: As an unabashedly sexist institution that has long been rooted in patriarchal ideals, the Christian church has few . Written by recognized experts in church history, the articles in this book take a close look at women's status in key periods.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 Gender Roles in Family and Culture: The Basis of Sexism in Religion -- 2 Gender in the Origins of Christianity: Jewish Hopes and Imperial Exigencies -- 3 The Aesthetics of Paradise: Images of Women in Christian Antiquity -- 4 Excluded by the Logic of Control: Women in Medieval Society and Scholastic Theology -- 5 Ave Virginia, Regina Terrae: The Power of Culture and the Culture of Power in Renaissance England -- 6 Separation of the Sexes: The Development of Gender Roles in Modern Catholicism -- 7 Towards a Single Anthropology: Developments in Modern Protestantism -- 8 Catholics and Protestants, Conservatives and Liberals: Christian Marriage Today -- 9 Weaving New Cloth: Overcoming Sexism in Ordination Policies -- 10 Understanding the Dynamics of Gender Roles: Towards the Abolition of Sexism in Christianity -- Afterword -- CONTRIBUTORS.

As an unabashedly sexist institution that has long been rooted in patriarchal ideals, the Christian church has few . Written by recognized experts in church history, the articles in this book take a close look at women's status in key periods.

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