Episcopal women : gender, spirituality, and commitment in an American mainline denomination / edited by Catherine M. Prelinger.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Prelinger, Catherine M., editor.

Series:

Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)

Religion in America Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in the Anglican Communion.

Feminism--Religious aspects--Episcopal Church.

Feminism.

Anglican Communion--History--1965-.

Anglican Communion.

Episcopal Church--History--1965-.

Episcopal Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 363p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.

Summary:

The opening of the ministry to women has created a new situation within Protestant denominations. This work studies the impact of these gender changes and includes essays on Episcopal theology and women's spirituality, the urban church, ageing and the church, women's organizations.

The opening of the ordained ministry to women, in the larger context of the women's movement in America, has created an unprecedented situation within Protestant denominations. Women are now increasingly visible in religious organizations previously administered solely by men. Congregations, church agencies, educational institutions, and volunteer organizations are all affected by the "gender shift" within mainstream Protestantism. Episcopal Women is the first careful historical and sociological study of the impact of these gender changes on a particular religious institution. This groundbreaking volume includes essays on Episcopal theology and women's spirituality, the urban church, aging and the church, women's organizations, women donors, clerical leadership, and black women's experience in the Episcopal Church.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

I: Historical Perspectives

1. Woman's Work and Woman's Calling in the Episcopal Church: Chicago, 1880-1989

2. Episcopal Women as Community Leaders: Galveston, 1900-1989

3. Women and the Parallel Church: A View from Congregations

4. Beyond the Parallel Church: Strategies of Separatism and Integration in the Governing Councils of the Episcopal Church

II: Contemporary Voices

5. Gender and Generations in Congregations

6. Different Voices: African American Women in the Episcopal Church

7. Women's Works of Devotion: Feasts, Fairs, and Festivities

8. A Woman's Journey toward Priesthood: An Autobiographical Study from the 1950s through the 1980s

III: Images of a New Church

9. Ordained Women in the Episcopal Church: Their Impact on the Work and Structure of the Clergy

10. The Anthropology of Vitality and Decline: The Episcopal Church in a Changing Society

11. Theory, Theology, and Episcopal Churchwomen

Afterword: Episcopal Women in the Context of American Religious Life

Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-534452-9

1-4294-0629-1

OCLC:

476007190