Saving Women from the Church: How Jesus Mends a Divide Quakerism poetic images of familiar animals

poetic images of familiar animals

In this book

This collection brings together writings of the major voices of the Quaker movement from the 18th to the 20th centuries

Year: 2017

Saving Women from the Church: How Jesus Mends a Divide Quakerism poetic images of familiar animalsIn the heart's deep places many women share the same questions: Am I respected and loved by God the way I would be if I were male? Can I be myself in the church? Is it okay to be strong, to be a leader? McLeod Harrison matches stories of contemporary women with biblical stories of interactions between Jesus and women, exposing the cultural biases of Jesus' day that put men above women. And she shows Jesus' response: He shunned cultural or religious