9780190205645-0190205644-A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism

A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism

ISBN-13: 9780190205645
ISBN-10: 0190205644
Edition: 1
Author: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780190205645
ISBN-10: 0190205644
Edition: 1
Author: Kristin Kobes Du Mez
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 288 pages

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A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism (ISBN-13: 9780190205645 and ISBN-10: 0190205644), written by authors Kristin Kobes Du Mez, was published by Oxford University Press in 2015. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other Churches & Church Leadership (History, Christian Books & Bibles, United States History, Women in History, World History, Gender & Sexuality, Religious Studies) books. You can easily purchase or rent A New Gospel for Women: Katharine Bushnell and the Challenge of Christian Feminism (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Churches & Church Leadership books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $19.28.

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A New Gospel for Women tells the story of Katharine Bushnell (1855-1946), author of God's Word to Women, one of the most innovative and comprehensive feminist theologies ever written. An internationally-known social reformer and women's rights activist, Bushnell rose to prominence through her highly publicized campaigns against prostitution and the trafficking of women in America, in colonial India, and throughout East Asia. In each of these cases, the intrepid reformer struggled to come to terms with the fact that it was Christian men who were guilty of committing acts of appalling cruelty against women. Ultimately, Bushnell concluded that Christianity itself - or rather, the patriarchal distortion of true Christianity - must be to blame.

A work of history, biography, and historical theology, Kristin Kobes DuMez's book provides a vivid account of Bushnell's life. It maps a concise introduction to her fascinating theology, revealing, for example, Bushnell's belief that gender bias tainted both the King James and the Revised Versions of the English Bible. As Du Mez demonstrates, Bushnell insisted that God created women to be strong and independent, that Adam, not Eve, bore responsibility for the Fall, and that it was through Christ, "the great emancipator of women," that women would achieve spiritual and social redemption.

A New Gospel for Women restores Bushnell to her rightful place in history. It illuminates the dynamic and often thorny relationship between faith and feminism in modern America by mapping Bushnell's story and her subsequent disappearance from the historical record. Most pointedly, the book reveals the challenges confronting Christian feminists today who wish to construct a sexual ethic that is both Christian and feminist, one rooted not in the Victorian era, but rather one suited to the modern world.

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