Women in the Roman Catholic Church are not priests. Women in the Anglican Church are. Amadi-Azuogu (theology, Southern California School of Ministry) examines why and how this came to be, particularly why the female gender became incompatible with the priesthood so early in the development of the young Church, and why God would be interested in gender and ministry. He describes early Pauline Christianity and the role of women as fellow workers and apostles, the role of gender in prophecy and the role of prophecy in the priestly state, the particularities of 1 Corinthians 14, the gospels and the ministry of women, the role of women in present-day Catholicism and Anglicanism, Jesus and the priesthood of his day, and the relationship between gender and enfranchisement. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)