The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation.
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Although the church has often been far too slow to follow his lead, Jesus' insistence that women, as well as men, bear the full image of God has had a way of sparking reform movements across the centuries.
The history of men's opposition to women's emancipation is more interesting perhaps than the story of that emancipation itself.
When you have increasing power of religious groups, oppression of women increases. Women are oppressed in all religions.
The emancipation of women is practically the greatest egoistic movement of the nineteenth century, and the most intense affirmation of the right of the self that history has yet seen.
In the Church, and in the journey of faith, women have had and still have a special role in opening doors to the Lord.
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.
The Roman Catholic church... carries the immense power of very directly affecting women's lives everywhere by its stand against birth control and abortion.
Certain things happened in the early church. Women who had never had any freedom suddenly have the ability to stand up and speak and be treated as equals within the life of the church.
There were so many outstanding women in scripture that were leaders. And, you know, the organized church sometimes puts boundaries on us that the Bible doesn't.