Women in christian traditions offers a concise and accessible examination of the roles women have played in the construction and practice of christian traditions revealing the enormous debt that this major world religion owes to its female followers it recovers forgotten and obscured moments in church history to help us to realize a richer and fuller understanding of christianity. The roles of women in christianity can vary considerably today as they have varied historically since the third century new testament church this is especially true in marriage and in formal ministry positions within certain christian denominations churches and parachurch organizations many leadership roles in the organized church have been prohibited to women but the majority of . In women in christian traditions rebecca moore undertakes the ambitious project of recounting the history of women and the christian church in fewer than two hundred pagesmoore wishes to provide her readers with a broad overview of the topic and relies for the most part on feminist scholarship yet moore acknowledges that she diverges from some aspects of such scholarship particularly in . Women in christian traditions women in religions 2 author moore rebecca publisher nyu press publication date 2015 buy this book 2200 plus shipping dollar2303 free shipping worldwide by purchasing books through this website you support our non profit organization ancient history encyclopedia receives a small commission for