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A History of Women and Ordination: The Priestly Office of Women: God's Gift to a
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A History of Women and Ordination: The Priestly Office of Women: God's Gift to a Renewed Church, Volume 2, Second Edition Paperback - 2004

by Ida Raming; Gary Macy (Editor); Bernard Cooke (Editor)

From the publisher

During the past half century, few issues have been more prominent and disputed in religious circles than the ordination of women. This has been most acutely felt in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican Churches, but other Christian and Jewish have also been immersed in the debate. For decades, Professor Ida Raming has been one of the leaders in the forefront of the argument in favor of the ordination of women. First published by Scarecrow Press in 1976, Dr. Raming has recently republished her classic German study accompanied by an invaluable updated international bibliography as well as three recent articles that provide scholarly responses to the Vatican's position. This second edition provides an English translation of the new updated German edition. Also provided is an English translation of all the canonical sources quoted by Raming and a chronological bibliography on women's ordination from 1973 to the present. Any scholar interested in this volatile and intriguing question will welcome this scholarly resource.

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  • Title A History of Women and Ordination: The Priestly Office of Women: God's Gift to a Renewed Church, Volume 2, Second Edition
  • Author Ida Raming; Gary Macy (Editor); Bernard Cooke (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition
  • Pages 362
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Scarecrow Press
  • Date April 28, 2004
  • ISBN 9780810848504 / 0810848503
  • Weight 1.25 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.76 x 5.7 x 1.23 in (22.25 x 14.48 x 3.12 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Women's Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Catholic
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Ordination of women - Christianity - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002020090
  • Dewey Decimal Code 262.140

About the author

Ida Raming is a pioneer in the women's ordination movement in the Catholic Church. She is also author of The Exclusion of Women from the Priesthood: Divine Law or Sex Discrimination? (Scarecrow Press, 1976). She was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on June 29, 2002. Bernard Cooke is a prominent U.S. theologian who has served as president of both the College Theology Society and the Catholic Theological Society of America, receiving from the latter its John Courtney Murray Award. Gary Macy is a professor of Religious Studies at the University of San Diego.

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