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Women, Celibacy, and the Church

Author : Annemarie S. Kidder
Publisher : Herder & Herder
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Women, Celibacy, and the Church written by Annemarie S. Kidder and published by Herder & Herder. This book was released on 2003 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our world today, many single and celibate people find themselyes isolated on all sides. In the secular culture with its glorification obsexual behavior, celibacy is seen as restrictive, a denial of one's deepest nature. In religious circles, for anyone but Roman Catholie priests, being single is often seen as a temporary and unfortunate stage in life something to be stoically endured until marriage. But in fact millions of people in the pews of Profestant Episcopal and Catholic churches every week are living a single life, and many are happy to stay that way. Whether widowed, never married, or divorced, many believers understand their single lives not as a passing moment but as a celebratory way of life rich in its own benefits and rewards. In this book Annemarie Kidder offers the theological basis for what so many Christians experience in their own lives. By examining be Hebrew and Christian scriptures early church writings from the East and West and later commentators, she develops a theology of the single life applicable to both women and men. Protestan, Episcopal, and Catholic. This book is a must-read for all single Christians, both those who feel called to remain single and those who for whatever reason find themselves single for long periods of time. Book jacket.

Popes and Feminsts

Author : Elise Crapuchettes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781947644052
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Popes and Feminsts written by Elise Crapuchettes and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Before the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only "spiritual" calling for women was to be found in a convent. The Reformers confronted the bad theology which led to this (and other worse abuses, like priest-patronized brothels) and returned to the Bible to develop a theology of vocation that began to free Christians to be "holy" no matter their occupation. But today, modern feminist claims about vocation have more in common with the pre-Reformation popes than anything else -- except feminists have replaced the nunnery with the hallowed corporate workplace. Christian women wondering about their place in society and comparing feminism with the Bible should start with the teaching of the Reformers and the lives of many exceptional women of the Reformation. Part history and part contemporary reflection, Popes and Feminists argues that women today have some of the same choices facing them as women in the sixteenth century. In this fascinating study, Elise Crapuchettes shows how the Reformation changed the lives of Christian women as it turned them away from trying to earn their salvation and toward a joyful, liberating view of vocation and work"--Page 4 of cover.

Chaste Liberation

Author : Sally Kitch
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252016080
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Chaste Liberation written by Sally Kitch and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex is not a simple concept. Focusing on the issue of celibacy, the author explores the cultures of three post-Civil War utopian communities and their relation to female status in American society. From her examination of the Shakers, Koreshans, and Sanctificationists, the author concludes that the adoption of celibacy promoted theoretical sexual equality and female social power in those religious groups. -- Bookjacket.

Singled Out

Author : Christine Colón
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441204288
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Singled Out written by Christine Colón and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authors Christine Colón and Bonnie Field thought that by a certain age they would each be married. But they watched that age come and go--and still no walks down the aisle. In Singled Out, they reflect on their experience--and that of an increasing number of Christians. Rejecting overly simplistic messages from the church about "waiting for marriage," they explore a deeper understanding of celibacy that affirms singles' decision to be sexually pure, acknowledges their struggles, and recognizes their importance in the church community. Thoughtful and accessible, Singled Out is an invaluable voice of realistic encouragement for any single as well as an important tool for church leaders and others concerned with mission and ministry for singles.

Passionate and Pious

Author : Monique Moultrie
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 082237224X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Passionate and Pious written by Monique Moultrie and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Passionate and Pious Monique Moultrie explores the impact of faith-based sexual ministries on black women's sexual agency to trace how these women navigate sexuality, religious authority, and their spiritual walk with God. Providing churchwomen a space to candidly discuss these issues, these popular ministries exist largely beyond the traditional church, with dialogues about sex taking place in chat rooms and through text messages, social media, email, and other media. Moultrie foregrounds televangelist Juanita Bynum's construction of the black Christian sexual identity these ministries promote while emphasizing how churchwomen reconcile these prescriptive identities with their individual experiences. What does it mean for senior women to exercise sexual agency when their church standing could be questioned? What does celibacy mean for women who experience same-sex desire while believing that such desire goes against God's will? Advancing a womanist sexual ethics, Moultrie reframes biblical interpretations and conceptions of what constitutes a healthy relationship to provide a basis for sexual decision making that does not privilege monogamy or deny female pleasure, thereby calling on black churchwomen to experience responsible and life-enhancing sex.

Woman, Church and State

Author : Matilda Joslyn Gage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Woman, Church and State written by Matilda Joslyn Gage and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her most important work, Matilda Joslyn Gage, founder of the Women's National Liberal Union, attacks the religious ideas and customs which historically have oppressed women.

Woman, Church and State

Author : Matilda Joslyn Gage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Woman, Church and State written by Matilda Joslyn Gage and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A New Song

Author : Jo Ann McNamara
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Song written by Jo Ann McNamara and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1985 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celibate Women in the First Three Christian,Centuries,.

Spiritual Friendship

Author : Wesley Hill
Publisher : Brazos Press
ISBN 13 : 1441227512
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Friendship written by Wesley Hill and published by Brazos Press. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity Today Book Award Winner Friendship is a relationship like no other. Unlike the relationships we are born into, we choose our friends. It is also tenuous--we can end a friendship at any time. But should friendship be so free and unconstrained? Although our culture tends to pay more attention to romantic love, marriage, family, and other forms of community, friendship is a genuine love in its own right. This eloquent book reminds us that Scripture and tradition have a high view of friendship. Single Christians, particularly those who are gay and celibate, may find it is a form of love to which they are especially called. Writing with deep empathy and with fidelity to historic Christian teaching, Wesley Hill retrieves a rich understanding of friendship as a spiritual vocation and explains how the church can foster friendship as a basic component of Christian discipleship. He helps us reimagine friendship as a robust form of love that is worthy of honor and attention in communities of faith. This book sets forth a positive calling for celibate gay Christians and suggests practical ways for all Christians to cultivate stronger friendships.

The Cloister Walk

Author : Kathleen Norris
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781573225847
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book The Cloister Walk written by Kathleen Norris and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR “Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” –The New York Times “A remarkable piece of writing. If read with humility and attention, Kathleen Norris's book becomes lectio divina, or holy reading.” –The Boston Globe From the iconic author of Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, a spiritual journey that brings joy to the meanings of love, grace and faith. Why would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith be drawn to the ancient practice of monasticism, to a community of celibate men whose days are centered on a rigid schedule of prayer, work, and scripture? This is the question that poet Kathleen Norris asks us as, somewhat to her own surprise, she found herself on two extended residencies at St. John's Abbey in Minnesota. Part record of her time among the Benedictines, part meditation on various aspects of monastic life, The Cloister Walk demonstrates, from the rare perspective of someone who is both an insider and outsider, how immersion in the cloistered world-- its liturgy, its ritual, its sense of community-- can impart meaning to everyday events and deepen our secular lives. In this stirring and lyrical work, the monastery, often considered archaic or otherworldly, becomes immediate, accessible, and relevant to us, no matter what our faith may be.

Women, Passion & Celibacy

Author : Sally Cline
Publisher : Clarkson Potter Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Women, Passion & Celibacy written by Sally Cline and published by Clarkson Potter Publishers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Just Desserts: Women and Food issues a startling but compelling call for single women to embrace their freedom and redefine and celebrate a non-genital sexuality. Essential reading for any woman who has ever felt that her body is not her own.

The Role of Women in the Church

Author : Charles C. Ryrie
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433673800
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)

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Download or read book The Role of Women in the Church written by Charles C. Ryrie and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2011 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Respected theologian Charles Ryrie's classic book examining biblical and historical attitudes toward the role of women in the church returns to print with a new foreword by Dorothy Kelley Patterson.

Freeing Celibacy

Author : Donald B. Cozzens
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814631607
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (316 download)

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Download or read book Freeing Celibacy written by Donald B. Cozzens and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cozzens explores priestly celibacy as a source of power and burden of obligation, as spiritual calling and gift of the Spirit. He affirms celibacy as a charism, a gift that is true for some, but only when received as a grace.

Women of the Vatican

Author : Lynda Telford
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445686244
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Women of the Vatican written by Lynda Telford and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2020-02-15 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing history of women who were a power behind the papal throne. Engaging, controversial and sometimes illuminating.

Mandatory Celibacy in the Catholic Church

Author : Michele Prince
Publisher : Hope Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9780932727602
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book Mandatory Celibacy in the Catholic Church written by Michele Prince and published by Hope Publishing House. This book was released on 1992 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church

Author : Michael H. Crosby
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725240866
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Celibacy, Reclaiming the Church written by Michael H. Crosby and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2003-07-02 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this courageous work Michael Crosby offers a trenchant analysis of mandatory celibacy in the Roman Catholic Church. He shows how the imposition of celibacy has now revealed a deeper issue: the abuse of power as well as the abuse of women and homosexuals in the Church. Crosby asserts that: --to argue that the present discipline of mandatory celibacy is based on the New Testament is a misuse of scripture; --imposed celibacy continues to be used as a means of maintaining clerical control through fear and intimidation; --a religious system demanding celibacy exposes a deeper control: the abuse of power endemic throughout the system; --while difficult to live out even when freely chosen, enforced celibacy can result in dysfunctional behaviors at all levels. Integrating his personal experience as a celibate and cleric with biblical exegesis, historical study and the behavioral sciences, Crosby believes that: --healthy celibacy demands intimacy with God and others; --a healthy church will reorder its current power dynamics in a way that mitigates sexual abuse; --this will once again reveal Roman Catholicism to be a religion with an inspiring model of evangelical life and witness. This updated revision of Crosby's award-winning 'Celibacy: Means of Control or Mandate of the Heart?' also addresses the abuse of power in the Catholic Church by those male, clerical celibates who control it. He convincingly points the way to a Church that will be--with all its ministers--healthier and holier.

Woman, Church, and State

Author : Matilda Joslyn Gage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Woman, Church, and State written by Matilda Joslyn Gage and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her most important work, Matilda Joslyn Gage, founder of the Women's National Liberal Union, attacks the religious ideas and customs which historically have oppressed women.