Search Results: WOMEN/CHURCH from Chilton Books

London: Mowbrays, 1973.. 1st edition. "Joan Morris has uncovered much fascinating information about the 'hidden history' of abesses with quasi-episcopal powers and their battle to retain them. The battle lasted from the seventh century until Pope Pius IX finally suppressed the jurisdiction of the abbesses of Las Heulgas de Burgos late in the nineteenth century." Pp.xii/192. Blue cloth, dustwrapper sunned to spine and top edge. VG/G+.

London: Church House Publishing. 1986.. Part One of the report focuses on the experience women have of work. In Part Two it issues a challenge to the Churches - to rethink our theology and reshape our practice, in the light of the evidence". Pp 62, erratta sheet loosley inserted. P/b. Illustrated cover. VG.

Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984.. Rep. An inexhaustable sourcebook of little known facts and events in the lives of Bible women. 24cms. x 16cms. Pp. 321. Dark blue cloth, gilt title to spine, d/w edges chipped. VG/G.

London: Lutterworth Press,1961.. 2nd imp. "Mrs Harding Wood, in her pungent, forthright style, provides sixteen studies of personal situations in the Bible in which women are involved." Pp128. Red cloth, d/w edges rubbed. VG/VG.

London: SPCK,1989.. 1st ed. Biblical Foundations in Theology series. "As the debate about women's ministry intensifies, so does the need for a calm and balanced assessment of all the arguments - both biblical and theological - the debate has so far produced." Pp.12/230,gift inscription to fep,underlining and marginal notations to pp.134-137 +p.142. Paperback. Good.

Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1993.. 1st edition. "Jeanne Pieper talks to diverse groups of women about the spiritual and philosophic satisfaction they get from being Catholic, how they feel about the stated beliefs of the Church, and how they are taking charge of their spiritual lives in the same way they are taking charge of their personal lives." Pp.xviii/252, review copy slip enclosed. Grey boards, dustwrapper has slight edge wear. VG/VG.

Great Wakering: Mayhew McCrimmon, 1977.. 1st.ed. "Examines the topical question of the ordination of women...Based on the teaching, statements and thinking of Jesus as in the New Testament." Pp. 96. P/b. VG.

Westminster: The Mothers Union,1926.. A short history of the Mothers Union, which was founded in 1876. Pp.54,12 b/w photo plates, tape marks to endpapers. Blue paper wraps. G+.

Ipswich: Suffolk College Publishing, 1995.. This is a rainbow of different faiths and beliefs representing women from all walks of life; some are experienced writers, others are less practised. The stories are thoughtful, revealing, intimate and at times very moving". Pp.116, 1 b/w illustration. Paperback. Illustrated cover. VG.

London: Pan, 1987.. In her lively and well-argued account, covering the past 2,000 years, of how the Church has treated women, Karen Armstrong shows the devastating effect Christianity has had on our society, how women have continually sought to escape the ignominy of being Eve, and how ...the radical feminist's withdrawal from the world of men is merely a secular expression of the age-old Christian course women were forced to adopt." Pp.12/323, owners name to inside front cover, slight toning to pages. Pbk, creasing to covers. Scarce. G+.

Chichester: Little London Associates Publishing. 1992.. 2nd ed. "The pioneering path of Hong Kong, and the parallel story of women involved is described with clarity and insight". Pp 110, inscribed. by author to title page. Paperback. VG.

Crucible. 1987.. This volume contains eleven innovative and wide-ranging essays on the ways religion has symbolized the female in various cultural contexts and how sacred images of the female have functioned as a force in women's lives". Pp 328. P/b. Portrait cover. VG.

Glasgow: Wild Goose Publications, 1999.. 1st edition. "This book makes clear the kind of obstacles in the way of women both in and outside the ministry and gives a glimpse of the faulty theology that underlies opposition to them. It highlights the challenge that women bring to existing church structures and offers hope for the future of a truly all-inclusive, all-affirming and empowering ministry." Pp.189/3(ads for other publications). Paperback. VG.

Leominster: Gracewing, 1998.. Josephine Robinson presents an interesting and readable theological rebuttal of some of the pitfalls of Feminism, indicating the contradictions with Christian doctrine." Pp.viii/183, a couple of marginal marks, Paperback. G+.

London: Lutterworth Press. 1969.. 1st ed. "Tells the ordinary, everyday happenings of life and turns them into fragrant and memorable happenings......For personal reading as well as for use in addresses, groups, discussions and meetings". Pp 95, discreet owners inkstamp to verso front cover. P/b, slight scuffing to lower front cover, illustrated cover. G+.

University of Bristol: Dept of Theology & Religious Studies, 1991.. Conference Reader for the Fourth Conference of the European Society of Women for Theological Research which brings together Christian and Jewish women with an interest in theological work". Pp238. P/b , sunning to spine and edges. G+.

London: SPCK, 1989.. 1st.ed. "Drawing on the Bible and elements of tradition, this book explores the way feminine models and metaphors can deepen our sence of God's love for creation." Pp.131. Paperback. VG.

London: Lutterworth Press, 1967.. 1st ed. "In these lively, personal and womanly 'talks' Mrs Beryl Bye deals with a big range of life's problems, difficulties and triumphs". Pp. 95, fep. absent. P/b. Vg.

Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1966.. 1st ed. Study of social evolution. Pp. 88, frontis. P/b. Illustd. cover. G+.

London: SPCK, nd.. nd. Pamphlet. "The pamphlet is issued with the object of focussing attention upon the important problem of the position in the Church of women and their work." Pp. 16/1 (ad), slight toning to page edges. P/b has toning to spine. G+.