Most feminists have turned away from the Christian churches, regarding both Catholicism and the protestant denominations as bastions of sexism and patriarchal oppression. However, Christian feminists committed to improving the position of Christian women and to the spiritual renewal of their respective churches are drawing inspiration for their struggles from the contemporary Women's Movement. In this study Sara Maitland looks at what has been happening to Christian women in general, and Christian feminists in particular, over the last fifteen to twenty years.

1. Roots and Beginnings 2. Women Together 3. Communities of Faith 4. Ordination 5. Women in the Bureaucracies 6. Language and Spirituality 7. Moving Forward - Some Conclusions