WOMEN/CHURCH from Chilton Books

Norwich: Canterbury Press, 1998.. 1st edition. "Offers a completely fresh and challenging perspective on the key events in the life of Jesus and his followers, seeing them from the point of view of the women present at them." Pp.163, occasional black & white illustrations by Gillian Bell-Richards and meditations by Ruth Tiller, owner's name to half-title page. Paperback.… Read more about this item

Erie: The Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, 1956.. 1st edition. "On these pages St Bonaventure reveals himself as the gallant knight of Womanhood. A spirit of high-minded chivalry carries his every word and sentence as he champions, defends, and raises to perhaps unprecedented nobility and charm the station, function and dignity of our race's weaker sex..." Ex… Read more about this item

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.

Nottingham: Southwell Diocesan Social Responsibility Group, 1994.. 1st edition. "A challenging contribution to the Decade of Churches in Solidarity with Women....Provides a thought-provoking collection of comments from a wide variety of women who find they can no longer be part of the Church, or who find their involvement problematic and painful. It will appeal to anyone interested in learning… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2002.. 1st ed. "To mark the tenth anniversary of the vote to ordain women as priests, a rich tapestry of voices reflects on the impact of a decade of women's priestly ministry in the Church of England." Pp.10/214. Paperback. VG.

Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2013.. 1st edition. "Will enable readers to look honestly and carefully at what the Bible says about the roles of men and women in family life, in ministry and in society. It will help the Church recover a sense that the message of the Christian faith is profoundly good news for the whole of humanity." Pp.xxiv/91.… Read more about this item

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,… Read more about this item

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."… Read more about this item

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+.

Halifax, Nova Scotia: The Convent Society, 1997.. 1st edition. "I make no pretence that a short book can be an exhaustive theological study of what is a most complex and multifaceted issue. My less ambitious goal is to explain as clearly and simply as possible my own stance, which is to affirm the biblical view that the Apostolic… Read more about this item

Grand Rapids: Revell, 2007.. This stirring book reveals the lives of eleven women in nine different countries around the world. They have lost husbands, children, homes, jobs, or their very freedom and yet continue to praise and serve their Lord." Pp.297. Pbk. VG.

London: SPCK, 1991.. This book provides a powerful, often passionate, witness to what it means to be an ordained woman in the Church today." Pp.77, owner's name to fep. Pbk. VG.

London: Robert Scott, 1917.. Handbooks of Catholic Faith and Practice series. Discussions on the place of women within the Church. Includes contributions from: H.L.Goudge; Darwell Stone; W.J.Sparrow Simpson; Lady Henry Somerset; Geraldine E.Hodgson; Mary Scharlieb; Mrs Romanes; and Miss E.K.Sanders. Pp.204/4(ads), endpapers toned, owners name to ffep. Blue cloth, spine and edges sunned. G+.

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… Read more about this item

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+.

London: Service & Paton, 1899.. Popular Biblical Library series (vol.iv). Pp.12/276/ads, endpapers browned, minor inked dots to contents pages. Blue cloth, gilt title to front and spine, slightly rubbed. G+.

London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Ltd., nd. (c. 1937.). nd. "As in the home, so in the Church, women's work, it has been well said, is most noticeable when it is not done." Pp. 95, inscrip. to fep. Green cloth, d/w price-clipped with small tears and rubbing. G+/G.

Tunbridge Wells: Burns and Oates. 1993.. Seeks to make the 'invisible' role of women in the church visible, and to explain why, despite the service women have rendered to the church for centuries, they have either been silent or forced into silence". Pp 126, inkstamp to fep. P/b. VG.

Great Wakering: Mayhew-McCrimmon. 1978.. 1st ed. "The pastoral role of women in the Church is discussed, as is the question of traditional male and female symbolism" Pp 88, toning to pages, name to title page. P/b, slight sunning to rear cover, illustrated cover. G+.