Women and spiritual equality in Christian tradition
By: Patricia Ranft.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Women in Christianity -- History.; Spirituality -- History.; Equality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines.
Description: Women and Spiritual Equality in Christian Tradition challenges the common assumption in contemporary discourse that Christianity is exclusively misogynist by documenting the presence of a long, strong, and positive tradition based on women's spiritual equality. Ranft explores references to and images of women in church writings and lay culture as well as the actual lives of women and their vitae.

She shows how the accumulated evidence provides persuasive data that this positive tradition coexisted with the more notorious misogynist tradition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-301) and index.