Jesus The Forgotten Feminist

Author : Chris Geraghty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-04-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1925073475

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Jesus the Forgotten Feminist by Chris Geraghty Pdf

How did Jesus treat women? Chris Geraghty delves into scriptures and history showing how Jesus practised a radically inclusive approach to women that challenged the inequitable beliefs and practices of his own culture and community. Yet the Church has historically failed to follow its own founder's example, instead taking its direction from the early tradition of male-only apostles developed by misogynist Church Fathers. Today this attitude is still carried on by a leadership that sees women as inferior, decreeing that only males can represent Jesus in ministry and preside over the Eucharist. This learned, humorous, irreverent book reminds us that Jesus was a feminist and argues that the Church must repent and honour this in order to restore women's place as fully equal to men, in the Church and in the world.

Author : Leonard J. Swidler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Bible
ISBN : 9781580512183

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Jesus was a Feminist by Leonard J. Swidler Pdf

The result of four decades of research, Jesus Was a Feminist compellingly presents the case that Jesus treated women equally with men, and he boldly broke the customs of his day to involve them in his work. Renowned scholar and leader among liberal Catholics Leonard Swidler examines all gospel texts involving women, asserts that women were involved in the writing of two of the gospels, and outlines the importance of women in Jesus' ministry and the creation and development of the early church. He shows how Jesus was a feminist and modern Christians should be too. Click here for the Detailed Table of Contents (pdf)

Author : Niamh Middleton
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780718895860

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Jesus and Women by Niamh Middleton Pdf

In Jesus and Women, Niamh Middleton combines insights from evolutionary biology, feminism and the #MeToo movement to highlight the revolutionary attitude of Jesus towards women. Her careful exegesis, comparing the treatment and depiction of women in the Old and New Testaments, illuminates the way forward for the treatment of women by Church and society. More importantly, however, it holds the potential to greatly enrich our understanding of Jesus’ divinity. Middleton’s bold approach encourages Christian women to reclaim their religion as a tool for empowerment, correcting the regressive course that Christianity has taken in this regard since Roman times. She also cites the remarkable life and untimely death of Western heroine Diana, Princess of Wales as an archetypal example of why Christianity must be reclaimed by its female members. Above all, she powerfully argues that while political feminism can tackle the symptoms of the perennial ‘battle of the sexes’, only a revolution of grace can bring about a full restoration of the harmony between the sexes described in Genesis.

Author : Michele M. Schumacher
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802812945

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Women in Christ by Michele M. Schumacher Pdf

The challenge of promoting the "new feminism" has barely been addressed since it was first launched by Pope John Paul II in his 1995 encyclical Evangelium vitae. The thirteen contributors in this book, all outstanding international scholars, take up this task, together laying the necessary theoretical foundation for the new feminism. These chapters articulate an integral philosophical and theological understanding of persons that moves beyond patriarchy on the one hand and traditional feminism on the other. Central to the new perspective offered here is the biblical revelation of the human person - man and woman - in Christ, a vision that directs women beyond the "male" standard against which they have too often been measured. Far from constraining women to an "eternal essence," the dynamic view presented here encourages each woman to realize herself in perfect Christian freedom.

Author : Sarah Bessey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Feminist theology
ISBN : 0232530734

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Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey Pdf

This loving yet fearless book urges today’s church to move beyond man-made restrictions and fully welcome women’s diverse voices and experiences.Sarah Bessey, through disarmingly intimate storytelling, tells how she grew to understand the story of God and the vastness of his work through women. Never one to shy away from the hard questions, Bessey engages critically with Scripture and church practices that are often used against full equality and shares how following Jesus made a feminist out of her.Filled with beauty, hard truth, and brave vulnerability, Jesus Feminist urges the Church to stop asking ‘man or woman?’ as a qualification for ministry and to start helping everyone find freedom in the fullness, hope, glory and work of Christ.

Author : Susan Campbell
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0807010669

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Dating Jesus by Susan Campbell Pdf

Growing up fundamentalist and female-and maturing into a feminist By the age of twelve, Susan Campbell had been flirting with Jesus for some time, and in her mind, Jesus had been flirting back. Why wouldn't he? She went to his house three times a week, sat in his living room, listened to his stories, loudly and lustily sang songs to him. So, one Sunday morning, she walked to the front of her fundamentalist Christian church to profess her love for Jesus and to be baptized. But from the moment her robe floated to the surface of the baptistery water, she began to question her fundamentalist Christian faith. If baptism requires complete immersion underwater, what does it mean, she wondered, if a piece of fabric attached to a would-be Christian floats to the top? Does the baptism still count? In this lovingly told tale, Susan Campbell takes us into the world of fundamentalism-a world where the details really, really matter. And she shows us what happened when she finally came to admit that in her faith, women would never be allowed a seat at the throne.

Author : Sarah Bessey
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476717258

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Jesus Feminist by Sarah Bessey Pdf

Gender roles have been debated for centuries, and now Sarah Bessey offers a clarion freedom call for all who want to realize their giftedness and potential in the kingdom of God. Through a thoughtful review of biblical teaching and church practices, Bessey shares how following Jesus made a feminist out of her.

Author : Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza,Elizabeth S. Schussler
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826408587

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Jesus: Miriam's Child, Sophia's Prophet by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza,Elizabeth S. Schussler Pdf

'An important contribution to feminist christological conversation."- Toronto Journal of Theology "Essential for anyone grappling in depth with issues of biblical christology." -Anglican Theological Review

Author : Leonard J. Swidler
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532604287

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Three Jesus Certitudes by Leonard J. Swidler Pdf

The Jesus of the four Gospels--and we have no knowledge of any other--appears mainly as a healer and a teacher--that is, as a healer of the soul. Three of the historically most certain facts about him were (1) his pacifism, (2) his feminism, and (3) that his women followers were the true founders of Christianity! The proof of these astounding claims you will find in the book.

Author : Leonard Swidler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1580512178

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Jesus was a feminist by Leonard Swidler Pdf

Author : Katherine Christine Schneider-Aker
Publisher : Innisfree Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 093105592X

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God's Forgotten Daughter by Katherine Christine Schneider-Aker Pdf

Author : Leonard J. Swidler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Feminist theology
ISBN : OCLC:32377892

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Jesus was a Feminist by Leonard J. Swidler Pdf

Author : Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433521225

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Jesus and the Feminists? by Margaret Elizabeth Köstenberger Pdf

This resource provides a detailed survey and critique of various feminist interpretations of Jesus and offers a biblical view of men and women in the church and home. The feminist movement has affected every aspect of political and social America, and Christians are becoming increasingly aware of how this movement has impacted the church. The feminist movement has changed the way evangelicals view not only themselves, but also the very Word of God. Jesus and the Feminists begins by offering a brief survey of the feminist movement, revealing the radical misunderstanding of Jesus that has resulted from this movement. Köstenberger then critiques the relevant works of well-known feminist scholars and the ways they interpret certain passages of Scripture related to Jesus and his approach to women. This practical resource points the way to a better understanding of the biblical message regarding Jesus' stance toward women and offers both men and women a biblical view of their roles in the church and the home.

Author : Christopher Geraghty
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0867863161

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Cassocks in the Wilderness by Christopher Geraghty Pdf

An account of the seminary system, and the church behind it, in the fifties that recounts the author's experiences during the six years he spent as a seminarian at Springwood.

Author : Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780190205669

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A New Gospel for Women by Kristin Kobes Du Mez Pdf

A New Gospel for Women tells the story of Katharine Bushnell (1855-1946), author of God's Word to Women, one of the most innovative and comprehensive feminist theologies ever written. An internationally-known social reformer and women's rights activist, Bushnell rose to prominence through her highly publicized campaigns against prostitution and the trafficking of women in America, in colonial India, and throughout East Asia. In each of these cases, the intrepid reformer struggled to come to terms with the fact that it was Christian men who were guilty of committing acts of appalling cruelty against women. Ultimately, Bushnell concluded that Christianity itself - or rather, the patriarchal distortion of true Christianity - must be to blame. A work of history, biography, and historical theology, Kristin Kobes DuMez's book provides a vivid account of Bushnell's life. It maps a concise introduction to her fascinating theology, revealing, for example, Bushnell's belief that gender bias tainted both the King James and the Revised Versions of the English Bible. As Du Mez demonstrates, Bushnell insisted that God created women to be strong and independent, that Adam, not Eve, bore responsibility for the Fall, and that it was through Christ, "the great emancipator of women," that women would achieve spiritual and social redemption. A New Gospel for Women restores Bushnell to her rightful place in history. It illuminates the dynamic and often thorny relationship between faith and feminism in modern America by mapping Bushnell's story and her subsequent disappearance from the historical record. Most pointedly, the book reveals the challenges confronting Christian feminists today who wish to construct a sexual ethic that is both Christian and feminist, one rooted not in the Victorian era, but rather one suited to the modern world.