Why Me, Lord? - One Woman's Ordination to the Priesthood with Commentary and Complaint

The story of the ordination of the Reverend Betty Bone Schiess -- one of the first women priests in the Episcopal church.Reverend Betty Bone Schiess' engagingly written memoir is a valuable contribution to the scholarship of religious study as well as to feminist study and to legal scholarship, particularly on equal rights issues. Schiess draws parallels throughout her work to earlier efforts of the suffragettes and abolitionists of Seneca Falls.

About the author

Betty Bone Schiess was a chaplain at Syracuse and Cornell Universities as well as the rector at Grace Episcopal Church in Mexico, New York, from 1984 to 1989.

Summary

The story of the ordination of Reverend Betty Bone Schiess, one of the first women priests in the Episcopal church. Throughout the work, Schiess draws parallels to earlier efforts of the suffragettes and abolitionists of Seneca Falls.

Product details

• Authors: Betty Bone-Schiess, Betty Bone Schiess
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2003
• EAN: 9780815607441
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0744-1
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 214 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Series: Women and Gender in North Amer; Women and Gender in Religion; Women and Gender in Religion
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies