Her Story: Women in Christian Tradition (New Vectors in the Study of Religion and Theology)

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Summary: Very eloquently and convincingly documented
Review: "Her Story: Women in Christian Tradition" was written to redress the history of women in Christianity. She noted that traditionally, the focus has always been on the successes and failures of the male side of the Christian community. Eclipsed in those accounts were the significant stories of women, their roles and episcopal status, and how they converge with cultural undertones and the emerging epistemological frames of feminism and American religion. She explores this by tracing how the study of women, in Christianity, has developed through the ages. In this respect, she seeks to rewrite "His" story by telling "Her" story.