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" Women in Christianity / "
Hans Küng ; translated by John Bowden.
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BL
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1029477
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b783847
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| Uniform Title
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Frau im Christentum.English
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Küng, Hans,1928-
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Women in Christianity /\ Hans Küng ; translated by John Bowden.
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London ;New York :: Continuum,, 2001.
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x, 129 pages ;; 22 cm
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0826456863
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: 9780826456861
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-129).
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| Contents
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1. Women in Earliest Christianity -- Women's history too -- Jesus -- friend of women -- Women in the Jewish-Christian Jesus movement -- No patriarchal hierarchy -- Provisional structures -- Women as apostles and prophets? -- 2. Women in the Early Church -- Women apostles and prophets in Paul -- Conflicts over the status of women -- Gnosticism: an opportunity for women -- Women: the losers in history -- To be rediscovered: women martyrs, prophets, teachers -- Alternative forms of life for women -- The shadow sides -- Were women emancipated through Christianity? -- Tradition as an argument today -- 3. Women in the Church of the Middle Ages -- Augustine: original sin corrupts sexuality -- Rigorism in sexual morality -- An inter-religious problem -- A church of celibate men and the prohibition of marriage -- Thomas: women -- somewhat defective -- Women in the family, politics and business -- Repression of women in the church -- Mysticism under suspicion -- Veneration of Mary on the increase -- An ecumenical image of Mary? -- 4. Women at the Time of the Reformation -- Luther's fundamental impulse for reform -- The changed situation of women -- Fellowship of men and women -- The structure of society -- still patriarchal -- Women in Calvinism and Anglicanism -- Emancipation in the 'sects'? -- Women as witches -- Who was to blame for the witch-craze? -- Why the witch-craze? -- 5. Women in Modernity and Postmodernity -- The Philosophical revolution and women -- The political revolution and women -- The industrial revolution and women -- Have the churches hindered or encouraged the emancipation of women? -- The situation in modern Catholicism -- The situation in modern Protestantism -- The feminist movement -- Questions to the churches -- A fellowship of brothers and sisters, free and equal -- Specific demands -- Conclusion.
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"For two years Hans Kung guided a research project on women and Christianity, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. For most of the religions of the world, women are a problem. From time immemorial they have been subordinate to men: second class in the family, in politics and in business with limited rights and even limited participation in worship. In Christianity, equal rights for women have been a scandalously neglected issue. Through an examination of the history of women in Christianity Kung reveals the scandals of the past." "Roman Catholic Canon Law is androcentric and male-dominated. The role of women in the Church has often been positive throughout its history, but the prohibition of women servers at Mass and the ordination of women to the diaconate and the priesthood are characteristics of a Church that takes a consistently 'negative' attitude towards contraception, abortion and divorce." "From his position of intellectual freedom - as President of the Independent Global Ethic Foundation - Kung has been free to analyse the mistakes of the past and to sketch out a new theology of women in the Church. This is not a stridently feminist theology but rather one that sees the role of women as being vital for the development of the Church as an institution and for the preaching of the Christian Gospel."--Jacket.
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Women in Christianity-- History.
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Women-- Religious aspects-- Christianity-- History.
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Femmes dans le christianisme-- Histoire.
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Femmes-- Aspect religieux-- Christianisme-- Histoire.
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Women in Christianity.
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Women-- Religious aspects-- Christianity.
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Christendom.
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Vrouwen.
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| Dewey Classification
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270.082
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BV639.W7K7913 2001
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11.69bcl
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Bowden, John,1935-2010.
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