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Women and Spiritual Equality in Christian Tradition.(Brief Article)

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| August 01, 1998 | Collins, Sandra | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Ranft, Patricia. Women and Spiritual Equality in Christian Tradition. St. Martin's. Sept. 1998. c.304p, bibliog. index. LC 97-50397. ISBN 0-312-15911-0. $39.95. REL

Playing devil's advocate, Ranft (history, Central Michigan Univ.) works to demonstrate how Christian women achieved spiritual equality in a seemingly misogynist tradition. She documents with vigor, hoping to counter "the validity of the assumption that Christianity is at its core misogynist," challenging warnings from historians like Caroline Walker Bynum against …

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