Table of Contents

Introduction / 1. Women in Earliest Christianity / 2. Women in the Early Church / 3. Women in the Church of the Middle Ages / 4. Women at the Time of the Reformation / 5. Women in Modernity and Postmodernity / Notes

Promotional Information

Küng, Professor at the University of Tübingen and director of the Institute for Global Ethics, sketches out a new theology of women in the Church.

About the Author

Hans Küng is Emeritus Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the University of Tubingen and President of the Global Ethic Foundation. He is the author of numerous best selling books including On Being a Christian (Harper Collins).

Reviews

"...a concise, well-documented volume drawing on some of the best recent scholarship on women and Christianity that has been produced in Europe and North America... [a]n appropriate and helpful introduction to the study of women in Christianity." - Choice"