Women in the church
Subtitle: moving toward equality
By: Lesly F. Massey ; foreword by Christine Tata.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
Subjects: Women in Christianity -- History.; Women in Christianity -- United States -- History.; Women -- Biblical teaching.
Description: "The status of women in the church is one of the most hotly debated issues of our time. Some Protestant churches have either abandoned or radically modified their interpretations of Biblical passages to allow women to take leadership roles and to accommodate social change. Other churches believe that certain passages forbid women to take leadership roles, even though equality between the sexes was taught by Jesus Christ and demonstrated in the early Christian community.

This work examines the nature of the current controversies concerning women in the church and traces the status of women through 2,000 years of church history."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-207) and index.