978 0 232 53073 5
Paperback | 240 pp | 216 x 135 mm
 
‘Sarah Bessey writes with wit, wisdom and compassion about one of the major fault lines that runs through our churches and our world – the relationship between women and men. She invites the reader to revisit stories from the Bible about how Jesus related to women, and she concludes that “Patriarchy is not God’s dream for humanity.”’
– Christina Rees, campaigner, broadcaster, writer
 
This loving yet fearless book urges today’s church to move beyond man-made restrictions and fully welcome women’s diverse voices and experiences.
 
Sarah Bessey, through disarmingly intimate storytelling, tells how she grew to understand the story of God and the vastness of his work through women. Never one to shy away from the hard questions, Bessey engages critically with Scripture and church practices that are often used against full equality and shares how following Jesus made a feminist out of her.
 
Filled with beauty, hard truth, and brave vulnerability, Jesus Feminist urges the Church to stop asking ‘man or woman?’ as a qualification for ministry and to start helping everyone find freedom in the fullness, hope, glory and work of Christ.
 
Sarah Bessey is a writer and award-winning blogger at SarahBessey.com. She lives in Canada.