Product Description

A theology of women's priesthood from a Christian feminist perspective. Suggests a feminist reconfiguration of the Eucharistic Prayer, demonstrates how the symbolism of the liturgy allows for new interpretation informed by women's experience and gives new insights into liturgical symbolism and the sacramental significance of the woman priest.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #45048 in Books
• Published on: 2009-07-23
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

About the Author
Dr Ali Green is an Anglican priest currently working in the church in Wales. This is her first book.

Customer Reviews

a challenging read
This book sets out an alternative view of women and the female body to the one traditionaly held in the Church. Ali Green explores women's priesthood and its impact on the Church in an innovative and thought-provoking way.
She focuses on the shift in symbolic meanings brought about by the woman presiding at the Eucharist and considers the status - actual and perceived - of women in the Church and society through the history of Christianity. Her anecdotes about her own and others' personal experiences help to bring her arguments to life.
I recommend this book as a read that is often uncomfortable and challenging but is also rewarding - it helped me, as a man, to see women and culture in a new light.
I hope it will move the position of ordained women forward in the Church today.