Church of Her Own（ISBN=） 英文原版

　　Women have been among the most dynamic and successful
ministers in all Protestant denominations; but in divinity school,
Sarah Sentilles discovered that some of the best and brightest were
having trouble and even leaving the church altogether. What was
happening? To find out, she entered the lives of female ministers
women of various ages, races, and denominations and emerged with
the first real portrait of what its like to lead as a woman of
faith today. Filled with humor, heartbreak, and triumph, the womens
stories take us from calls to the pulpit through ordinations and
service. Despite many churches resistance conscious or not to
re-imagining what it means to be a minister, many of these women
are achieving remarkable transformations in their congregations. In
their inspiring determination to perform the creative, life-giving
work to which they are called, these women illuminate a way that
the church can revitalize itself. Whats at stake is nothing less
than the future of the church itself.

　　SARAH SENTILLES earned her master of divinity degree from
Harvard and is the author of Taught by America: A Story of Struggle
and Hope in Compton. She lives in Camarillo, California.

PREFACE TO THE MARINER EDITION
INTRODUCTION: THE MOST SEXIST HOUR
PART ONE: VOCATION: CALL
The Call
The Ordination Process
Mentors
The Job Search
Assistant Ministers
PART TWO: INCARNATION: THE BODY
Language
Clothing,
Sex
Gay
Trans
PART THREE: CREATION: MINIS TRY
Catholic Womenpriests
Minister (n.) vs. Minister (v.)
A Church of Her Own
AFTERWORD: DEATH VALLEY BLOOMS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ENDNOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

　　Ordained women pose a revolutionary challenge to traditional
Christian beliefs about God and male-female relationships. Virulent
and ingrained discrimination against these pioneers thrives in many
Christian denominations. So argues Sentilles (Taught by
America), a former aspirant to ordained ministry in the
Episcopal Church. After interviewing Protestant (and, to a much
lesser extent, Catholic) women of diverse denominations, races,
ages and ordination status, Sentilles contends that sexism is woven
through Christian practice, distorting everything from worship to
creeds to human relationships. Fueled by empathy and appreciation
for the women whose stories she narrates, deep disillusionment with
the established church and a search for meaning in the wreckage of
her own vocational discernment process, the volume is alternately
sobering, deeply disturbing and hopeful. It is unclear, however,
whether the writer bothered to converse with those who might have
challenged the inevitably one-sided perspective of the women she
portrays as victims. The book is also marred by the author’s
polemical tone and personal agenda, which often make it read more
like a crusade than an analysis. (Publishers Weekly )PRAISE
FOR “TAUGHT BY AMERICA” “This is a poignant, touching memoir from a
natural-born teacher. The education of Sarah Sentilles is something
we can all learn from.” (Geoffrey Canada, author of “Fist Stick
Knife Gun” )”Hauntingly eloquent.”