Women in Christianity - Softcover

Hans Kung

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0826456863 ISBN 13: 9780826456861

Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group, 2002

Synopsis

For two years Kung guided a research project on women and Christianity, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. For most of the religions of the world, women are a problem. From time immemorial they have been subordinate to men, second class in the family, politics and business with limited rights and even limited participation in worship. It is not only in Christianity that equal rights for women has been a scandalously neglected issue. From his position of intellectual freedom, as an independent Professor at the University of Tubingen, Kung is free to analyze the mistakes of the past and to sketch out a new theology of women in the Church.

About this title

About the Author:

Hans Kung is Emeritus Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the University of Tubingen and President of the Global Ethic Foundation. He is the author of numerous best selling books including On Being a Christian (Harper Collins).

Review:

"...a concise, well-documented volume drawing on some of the best recent scholarship on women and Christianity that has been produced in Europe and North America... [a]n appropriate and helpful introduction to the study of women in Christianity." - Choice"

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0826456863
• ISBN 13: 9780826456861
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 129