Karen Jo Torjesen

Author of When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity

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Includes the names: Karen Torjesen, Karen Jo Torjesen

Works by Karen Jo Torjesen

Hermeneutical Procedure and Theological Method in Origen's Exegesis (Patristische Texte Und Studien) (1986) 7 copies

You are the Christ! : second-century views of Jesus [video recording] (1995) — Speaker — 1 copy

Jesus at 2000 : concluding panel: presentations and discussion [video recording] (1995) — Speaker — 1 copy

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Jesus At 2000 (1996) — Contributor — 173 copies, 1 review

The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature (2004) — Contributor — 115 copies, 1 review

The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Studies (2008) — Contributor — 106 copies, 1 review

Women and Goddess Traditions: In Antiquity and Today (1997) — Introduction — 36 copies

A Feminist Companion to the Acts of the Apostles (2004) — Contributor — 24 copies

Ethics, Religion, and the Good Society: New Directions in a Pluralistic World (1992) — Contributor — 22 copies

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Christianity (38) church (5) Church History (27) clergy (4) Early Christianity (16) Early Church (9) feminism (12) feminist theology (10) feminist theory (3) gender (6) gender studies (4) history (37) History of Christianity (3) history of religion (5) intended audience - adult (3) Leadership (5) non-fiction (14) ordination (4) Priesthood (6) priests (4) religion (43) role of women (4) Theology (4) to-read (11) women (33) women and religion (6) women clergy (4) Women in Christianity (3) women's history (5) women's studies (14)

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Canonical name: Torjesen, Karen Jo
Other names: Karen Toriesen
Birthdate: 1945-10-10
Gender: female
Education: Wheaton College (BS|chemistry)
Claremont School of Theology (MA|religion)
Claremont Graduate University (PhD|religion)
Occupations: professor (Margo L. Goldsmith Chair of Women's Studies and Religion)
professor emerita
Organizations: Claremont Graduate University
Kenyatta University
Women’s Studies in Religion MA and PhD program at Claremont (founder)
Applied Women’s Studies MA program at Claremont (co-founder)
University of Goettingen
Awards and honors: Fulbright Scholar grant (visiting professor, Kenyatta University in Nairobi, 2014)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Places of residence: Los Angeles, California, USA
Associated Place (for map): California, USA

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turbojenn 25 reviews

When Women Were Priests : Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in by Karen Jo Torjesen

the most amazing book that begins to uncover the true, powerful place of women in the foundations and leadership of the christian church.

Nov 12, 20053 other reviews

PendleHillLibrary 3,256 reviews

When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity by Karen Jo Torjesen

"Vital to the current debate about women and the Church, this book discloses that women played prominent leadership roles in Jesus' own ministry and in the early Church -- as prophets, heads of churches and teachers. It explains why women were marginalized and scapegoated as the Church successfully emerged as a public institution and what the reasons were for women's subordination in Christianity."--Publisher's description.

Apr 9, 20263 other reviews

ritaer 4,437 reviews

When Women Were Priests: Women's Leadership in the Early Church and the Scandal of Their Subordination in the Rise of Christianity by Karen Jo Torjesen

posits greater power for women in early Church, when church overlap with women's sphere in home

Jun 6, 20213 other reviews

richardhobbs 486 reviews

When Women Were Priests by Karen Jo Torjesen

Only had time to scan this one

Dec 19, 20103 other reviews