num_pages: 272
description: John Shelby Spong, bestselling author and Episcopal bishop of Newark, NJ, challenges the doctrine of the virgin birth, tracing its development in the early Christian church and revealing its legacy in our contemporary attitudes toward women and female sexuality.
language: English
title: Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Virgin Birth and the Treatment of Women by a Male-Dominated Church
titlecomplete: Born of a Woman: A Bishop Rethinks the Virgin Birth and the Treatment of Women by a Male-Dominated Church
genres: History, Feminism, Christianity, Religion, Spirituality, Theology, Nonfiction, Christian
ratings_count: 329
publisher: HarperSanFrancisco