When Women Were Priests tells of women's roles in leading the early church and of the scandal that lead to the relegation of their roles in the Catholic Church today. Karen Jo Torjessen raises many logical arguments to prove her theory that it is was only natural for women to assume the role of the celebrant. At the time of the early church, women handled all household affairs both culturally and economically, and, since the …showed first 75 words of 567 total…

…showed last 75 words of 567 total…believed asserted itself in men as strong and superior and asserted its counterpart in women as "Dangerous" and inferior. She also introduces the arguments of logic based on the penis and the power associated with it. I would recommend this book to others interested in the scandalous past of women's leadership in the church. Her arguments were clear and explained thoroughly for any reader who is not well versed on the topic, such as myself.