These essays, written specifically for this volume, attempt to fill a growing need for a more exact idea of the role of religion, specifically in the Judaeo- Christian tradition, in shaping the traditional cultural images that have degraded and suppressed women. Religion and Sexism provides, in the compass of a single work, a glimpse of the history of the relationship of patriarchal religion to feminine imagery and to the actual psychic and social self-images of women. The authors of these essays are scholars in the particular areas of historical theology in which they write. Women and Religion: Psychological and Cultural Implications Patricia Martin Doyle Images of Women in the Old Testament Phyllis Bird Woman: Seductive Siren and Source of Sin? Bernard P. Prusak The Theology and Leadership of Women in the New Testament Constance F. Parvey Misogynism and Virginal Feminism in the Fathers of the Church Rosemary Radford Ruether Images of Women in the Talmud Judith Hauptman Equality of Souls, Inequality of Sexes: Woman in Medieval Theology Eleanor Commo McLaughlin Canon Law and the Battle of the Sexes Clara Maria Henning Women and the Continental Reformation Jane Dempsey