Women in a Patriarchal World: Twenty-five Empowering Stories from the Bible

by Elaine Storkey

Publisher:

SPCK Publishing

, 2020

Overview

‘This immersive, persuasive and triumphant celebration of women is smart, bold and brave, cheering us on and challenging us to live lives of liberation. Faith and ethics dance effortlessly together, as biblical women look us firmly in the eye.’ Rachie Ross, eco-theologian

The Bible includes many stories about women: some well-known, others lesser known; some named, others whose names are not given. In some of these stories, men are depicted negatively by the storyteller; in others men barely feature at all, except in the background or as powerful outsiders. All the compilers of these narratives were probably men, and all of them are set within an ancient world of patriarchal norms and conditions. And yet many of these narratives express the authentic voices of women, and in some cases the original sources will have been the women themselves.

In Women in a Patriarchal World Elaine Storkey focuses on the stories of women who faced a range of challenges and life-changing decisions. Her investigations will lead you to fully appreciate the authenticity of these accounts. They will prompt you to see the connections with our own lives and times. And above all they will empower you to respond more faithfully and intelligently to the many challenges that women are still confronted with today.

‘This book combines rigour with deep humanity and faith.’

Christina Rees CBE, writer, broadcaster and preacher

‘Each page left me feeling more empowered than the last.’

Ruth Akinradewo, Press Red Ambassador

Key Features

Contents

1 Shiprah and Puah - Exodus 1.5-22

2 Miriam, Jochabed and a princess - Exodus 2/ Exodus 15

3 The five daughters of Zelophehad - Numbers 27

4 Rahab - Joshua 2.1-24

5 Deborah - Judges 4-5

6 Ruth - Ruth 1-3

7 Hannah - 1 Samuel 1-2

8 Abigail -1 Samuel 25

9 The wise woman of Abel Beth Maakah - 2 Samuel 20

10 Two mothers - 1 Kings 3

11 Huldah - 2 Chronicles 34

12 A Canaanite woman - Matthew 15

13 The wife of Pontius Pilate - Matthew 27.19

14 A woman with menstrual problems - Mark 5.25-34

15 The woman who anointed Jesus - Luke 7

16 Joanna - Luke 8.2-3

17 Mary of Magdala - Luke 8.23

18 A widow - Luke 21

19 The women at the tomb - Luke 24

20 Mary, mother of Jesus - John 2

21 A Samaritan woman - John 4.4-42

22 Martha - John 11 23 Lydia - Acts 16.14-15

24 Priscilla - Acts 18

25 Euodia and Synthyche - Philippians 4. 2-3

Product Details

• Title: Women in a Patriarchal World: Twenty-five Empowering Stories from the Bible
• Author: Elaine Storkey
• Publisher: SPCK Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9780281084081, 9780281084074, 0281084076, 0281084084
• Resource ID: LLS:9780281084081
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-10-11T01:46:31Z

About Elaine Storkey

Known for her work as a scholar, author, speaker, and journalist, Elaine Storkey has been a tireless advocate for the marginalized, both as the president of Tearfund, and then as cofounder of Restored, an international organization seeking to end violence against women. She is the author of numerous books, including Created or Constructed and What’s Right with Feminism.