{"product_id":"religious-institutions-and-womens-leadership-new-roles-inside-the-mainstream-paperback","title":"Religious Institutions and Women's Leadership: New Roles Inside the Mainstream - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCatherine Wessinger\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe rising tide of women clergy and the mounting pressure on the stained-glass ceiling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eReligious Institutions and Women's Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e documents the movement of women into positions of leadership and ministry in mainline American Judaism and Christianity and evaluates how this trend will reshape traditional religion in the United States. Contributors compile data formerly found only in diverse scholarly and denominational publications to offer an enlightening interdisciplinary comparison of women's struggles for a more central role in mainstream religious leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to providing historical information, the contributors pay particular attention to the experiences of women leaders in their respective denominations and to the changes they have introduced to worship, theology, and ministry. They trace the economic and social changes currently transforming patriarchal religions and examine such issues as the resistance to female leadership and the question of whether feminist objectives are better formed by women forming separate religious institutions or by remaining in established structures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShowing that simply admitting women to positions previously closed to them is not enough to counteract the millenia of prejudice, the contributors suggest specific institutional measures to ensure the full inclusion of women in mainstream religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Wessinger\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of the history of religions and women's studies at Loyola University in New Orleans. She is editor and contributor to \u003ci\u003eWomen's Leadership in Marginal Religions: Outside the Mainstream.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 434\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 8.89 x 5.93 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426847441074,"sku":"9781570030734","price":59.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/726a5e4a1e09e5431d1114f2366ef6b0.webp?v=1778518809","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/religious-institutions-and-womens-leadership-new-roles-inside-the-mainstream-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}