Women in Christianity [Paperback]

Hans Kung (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2002 | ISBN-10: 0826456863 | ISBN-13: 978-0826456861

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.

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"...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" --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Hans Kung is one of the most celebrated Chrisitan theologians alive today. He is Professor at the University of Tubingen and director of the Insitute for Global Ethics. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 129 pages
• Publisher: Continuum (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0826456863
• ISBN-13: 978-0826456861
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,644,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Key Work by Renowned Theologian, June 25, 2007

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This review is from: Women in Christianity (Continuums Icons) (Paperback)

A very brief, clear and immensely powerful discussion of this explosive subject. One can spend a lifetime studying the role of women in Christian history and pondering Christ's relationship to the women in the gospels.--- Dairmaid MacCulloch has quite a lot to say about it in his enormous and brilliant work, The Reformation. And there are countless other scholarly works dealing with the subject --- But a concise treatment such as this by a great theologian has immense authority. Hans Kung leaves no doubt that the life of Christ, His teachings, and His saving grace belong in full measure not only to men, but to women. The book is fully documented, and highly accessible. [...]

8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars On Target, March 17, 2004

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This review is from: Women in Christianity (Paperback)

Once again Fr.Kung has said it like it really is!!! With honesty and compassion. A must read for all women, especially catholic women.