Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries
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Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
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ISBN : 1134841795
Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries
Author : Deborah F. Sawyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 20,83 MB
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1134841787
Book Description
Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the rich variety of religious expression, from pagan cults and classical mythology to ancient Judaism and early Christianity, and the wide array of religious functions fulfilled by women. The author analyses key examples from each context, creating a vivid image of this crucial period which laid the foundations of western civilization. The study challenges the concepts of religion and of women in the light of post-modern critique. As such, it is an important contribution to contemporary gender theory. In its broad and interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to students of early religion as well as those involved in cultural theory.
Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries
Author : Deborah F. Sawyer
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415107488
Book Description
"Too often the religious traditions of antiquity are studied in isolation, without any real consideration of how they interacted. What made someone with a free choice become an adherent of one faith rather than another? Why might a former pagan choose to become a 'God-fearer' and attend synagogue services? Why might a Jew become a Christian? How did the mysteries of Mithras differ from the worship of the Unconquered Sun, or the status of the Virgin Mary from that of Isis, and how many gods could an ancient worshipper have? These questions are hard to answer without a synoptic view of what the different religions offered."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Women in the World of the Earliest Christians
Author : Lynn Cohick
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,94 MB
Release : 2009-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441207996
Book Description
Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their religious communities, their influence was not always identified by leadership titles nor did their gender always determine their level of participation. The book corrects our understanding of early Christian women by offering an authentic and descriptive historical picture of their lives. Includes black-and-white illustrations from the ancient world.
Women Officeholders in Early Christianity
Author : Ute E. Eisen
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 15,22 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814659502
Book Description
Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. Topics include apostles, prophets, theological teachers, presbyters, enrolled widows, deacons, bishops, and oikonomae. The book concludes with a chapter on "source-oriented perspectives for a history of Christian women in official positions."
From Jesus to Christ
Author : Paula Fredriksen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 33,72 MB
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300164106
Book Description
"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
The First Christian Centuries
Author : Paul McKechnie
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 41,99 MB
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
When Women Were Priests
Author : Karen J. Torjesen
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 1995-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0060686618
Book Description
This landmark book reveals not only that women were priests, bishops, and prophets in early Christianity, but also how and why they were then suppressed.
Women in Christian Traditions
Author : Rebecca Moore
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 34,68 MB
Release : 2015-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1479829617
Book Description
Description of the roles women have played in the construction and practice of Christian traditions, from the earliest disciples to the latest theologians.
Ordained Women in the Early Church
Author : Kevin Madigan
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 36,53 MB
Release : 2005-07-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801879326
Book Description
Madigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom.--Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, author of Face to Face: The Portrait of the Divine in Early Christianity "Catholic Historical Review"
