Ordaining women
Subtitle: culture and conflict in religious organizations
By: Mark Chaves.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: Ordination of women -- United States; Women in Christianity; Religion and sociology; Women clergy; United States -- Church history -- 20th century
Description: Why does a denomination prohibiting women clergy support parishes run by women? Why does another denomination opt to ordain women when there are few women seeking to join that clergy? And why have some denominations ordained women so much earlier than others?

In a revealing examination of the complex relationships between religion, social forces, and organizational structure, Ordaining Women draws examples and data from over 100 Christian denominations to explore the meaning of institutional rules about women's ordination.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-227) and index.