Women in the Church

Many silent and forgotten voices are brought to life in this attractive volume which presents the accumulated wisdom of women mystics, theologians, spiritual directors, poets, visionaries, mothers and activists over eleven centuries. The writers...

The church as an institution comes in for morethan enough criticism, yet in its monastic life, itenjoys an extraordinarily high regard, far beyondthe confines of the religious book trade. Considerthe appeal of writers such as Wendy...

The fascinating story of the women who have lived in religious communities, from the dawn of the modern age onwards.

A new, enlarged edition of the groundbreaking 'No Women in Holy Orders?', gathering historical evidence to show that women were ordained as deacons in the first ten centuries of the Church, and identifiying over 120 known female deacons.