Routledge Revivals: The British Christian Women's Movement (2002) A Rehabilitation of Eve Routledge Revivals Series

The British Christian Women?s Movement charts the British Christian women?s movement and its inception in the post-sixties decades, amid new currents generated in the British denominational churches, and the wider current of Women?s Liberation. Focusing on Christian women?s concern with the position of women in the church, this book identifies core Christian women?s theology which affirms a (rehabilitated) ?new Eve in Christ?, and contrasts with a paradigm shift taking shape in North American feminist theology. It argues that this divergence is primarily because of the effect of prolonged Church of England women?s ordination debates upon the ethos of the British Christian women?s movement.

Glossary of Abbreviations (Including CWIRES Serials) Preface Introduction 1. Eve and Spiritual Womanhood, 1800-1960 2. An Overview of the Christian Women’s Movement 3. Eve and Christian Women’s Consciousness 4. Eve and Christian Women’s Activity 5. Eve and Christian Women’s Theology 6. The Rehabilitation of Eve on a Wider Stage: Eve and Feminist Theology Conclusion Appendices 1. Christian Women’s Information and Resources (CWIRES) Leaflet 2. Groups Concerned with the Position of Women in the Church 3. Women in Theology: A Feminist Reconsideration of Christian Theology 4. Roman Catholic Feminists Manifesto and Catholic Women’s Network Founding Aims and Position Paper Bibliography Bibliography (CWIRES) Index