A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination, and the Church

(Part of the Women and Gender in Religion Series)

by Frederick W. Schmidt Jr.

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Writing as a seminary-trained sociologist, Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr. concentrates on the roles of clergywomen
in five denominations--Episcopal, United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Southern Baptist, and Roman Catholic. He maintains that behind the fa?ade of equanimity, women are often relegated to the outskirts of church hierarchy.

In compelling stories, we learn about the Episcopal woman denied a job because she was too short; the Methodist women burdened by the old saw of women preachers being like dogs walking on their hind legs; the Evangelical Lutheran who, in protest to her denomination's trickle-down reform, camped outside her bishop's office; and Roman Catholic women who, frustrated and beleaguered by their church's refusal to ordain them, become active
reformers.

To substantiate his assertion that churches are cultures as well as organizations, Schmidt examines both official policies regarding women's ordination in each denomination and the cultural context in which those policies must play out. Through their stories, the clergywomen remind us that the church influences society whether society acknowledges it or not.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0815626835

ISBN13:9780815626831

Release Date:February 1996

Publisher:Syracuse University Press

Length:212 Pages

Weight:1.17 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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Christian Books & Bibles Christian Living Christianity Church History Gay & Lesbian History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Theology

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