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Ancient taboos and gender prejudice : challenges for Orthodox women and the church / Leonie B. Liveris.

By:

Liveris, Leonie B. (Leonie Beth)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Ashgate new critical thinking in religion, theology, and biblical studiesPublisher: Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2005Description: xx, 234 pISBN:

0754653447 (alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

281.9/082 22

LOC classification:

BX342.5 .L58 2005

Contents:

1. The Orthodox Church, women's movements and ecumenical relationships -- 2. Women, ecumenism and the bounds in which they may work -- 3. Women are not subordinate, but they are different -- 4. Ignored by those who approved the priorities -- 5. Questions, consultations and challenges -- 6. Church and culture : human sexuality, ministry and participation -- 7. Militant conservatism and a movement of Orthodox women.

Review: "This book explores the struggling genesis of a women's movement in the Orthodox Church through the ecumenical movement of the twentieth century at a time when militant conservatism is emerging in Orthodox countries and fundamentalism in the diaspora."--BOOK JACKET.

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Book	North Campus North Campus Main Collection	281.9082 LIV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		A373015B

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This book explores the struggling genesis of a women's movement in the Orthodox Church through the ecumenical movement of the twentieth century at a time when militant conservatism is emerging in Orthodox countries and fundamentalism in the diaspora."--BOOK JACKET.

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