Karen Armstrong - The Gospel According to Woman, First Edition

Published by Elm Tree Books, London, in 1986. First edition, first printing, hardcover in dustjacket.

The Gospel According to Woman: Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West by Karen Armstrong is an early and provocative examination of how Christian theology shaped Western attitudes to women and sexuality. Armstrong (b. 1944) is one of Britain's foremost writers on comparative religion and a former nun, later author of A History of God (1993). A hard-to-find first edition.

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dustjacket. The text block has browned significantly due to poor-quality paper stock; the binding is otherwise firm and square. Dustjacket unclipped and free from tears or nicks.