A Still Small Voice: Women, Ordination, and the Church

by Frederick W. Schmidt Jr.

Writing as a seminary-trained sociologist, Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr. concentrates on the roles of clergywomen
in five denominations--Episcopal, United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Southern Baptist, and Roman Catholic. He maintains that behind the fa?ade of equanimity, women are often relegated to the outskirts of church hierarchy.

In compelling stories, we learn about the Episcopal woman denied a job because she was too short; the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815626835
• ISBN13: 9780815626831
• Release Date: February 1996
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"