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Women in Christian traditions /

Women in Christian Traditions offers a concise and accessible examination of the roles women have played in the construction and practice of Christian traditions, revealing the enormous debt that this major world religion owes to its female followers. It recovers forgotten and obscured moments in ch...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Moore, Rebecca, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2015]
Series:Women in religions.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Why study women in Christian traditions?
  • In the beginning ... Eve
  • The women disciples in the kingdom of God
  • Women and the conversion of an empire
  • Saints, seers, and scholars in the Middle Ages
  • Women reformed, women resistant
  • Spirit-filled women in the nineteenth century
  • Churchwomen on the margins and in the mainstream
  • Conclusion: The church of Martha and Mary
  • Questions for discussion.