Jesus Was a Feminist ─ What the Gospels Reveal About His Revolutionary Perspective

Jesus Was a Feminist is the most up-to-date and comprehensive case for the feminist interpretation of Jesus published in recent years. The fruit of decades of research and commitment, this book will be of vital interest to Catholic and Protestant feminists and egalitarians, and to the thousands of readers who value the work of Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza, Elizabeth Johnson, and Karen Torjesen.

Leonard Swidler is professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue at Temple University in Philadelphia, where he is the Founder/Director of the Institute for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue. He is the author of numerous books, including Making the Church Our Own.