Women in a Patriarchal World
twenty-five empowering stories from the bible
$33.23
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2020
Summary
‘This immersive, persuasive and triumphant celebration of women is smart, bold and brave, cheering us on and challenging us to live lives of liberation. Faith and ethics dance effortlessly together, as biblical women look us firmly in the eye.’ Rachie Ross, eco-theologian
The Bible includes many stories about women: some well-known, others lesser known; some named, others whose names are not given. In some of these stories, men are depicted negatively by the storyte…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780281084074 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0281084076 |
| Author: | Dr Elaine Storkey |
| Publisher: | SPCK Publishing |
| Imprint: | SPCK Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2020 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Dr Elaine Storkey
Elaine Storkey is a philosopher, sociologist and theologian, having held posts at the Open University, King’s College, London, and the University of Oxford. In 1997 she became President of Tearfund, and has since been involved in monitoring aid, relief and advocacy work in countries of the Global South. In 2010 she and her husband Alan became founder members of Restored, an organisation committed to advocating against violence to women.
Her writings include The Search for Intimacy (Hodder/Eerdmans, 1994) and The Origins of Difference (Baker, 2002). Her last book, Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and overcoming violence against women (SPCK, 2015/IVP USA, 2018), won the Christianity Today 2019 Book of the Year Award, Politics and Public Life.
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