Women preachers and prophets through two millennia of Christianity /
Women preachers and prophets through two millennia of Christianity /
edited by Beverly Mayne Kienzle and Pamela J. Walker.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, �1998.
- 1 online resource (xxii, 362 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prophetic power and women's authority -- The early Christian Orans -- Maria Magdalena -- The prostitute-preacher -- The voice of the good women -- The right of women to give religious instruction in the thirteenth century -- Prophecy and song -- Proclaiming sanctity through proscribed acts -- Women's sermons at the end of the Middle Ages -- Feminine exemplars for reform -- Preaching or teaching? -- A voice for themselves -- In a female voice -- Spirituality and/as ideology in Black women's literature -- A chaste and fervid eloquence -- Prophetess of the spirits -- Transforming the pulpit.
English.
9780520919273 0520919270 0585055017 9780585055015 9780520209220 0520209222
Women clergy--History.
Women evangelists--History.
Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Women in Christianity--History.
RELIGION--Christian Church--History.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Women clergy.
Women evangelists.
Women in Christianity.
Christianity.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
History.
BV676 / .W556 1998eb
270/.082
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Prophetic power and women's authority -- The early Christian Orans -- Maria Magdalena -- The prostitute-preacher -- The voice of the good women -- The right of women to give religious instruction in the thirteenth century -- Prophecy and song -- Proclaiming sanctity through proscribed acts -- Women's sermons at the end of the Middle Ages -- Feminine exemplars for reform -- Preaching or teaching? -- A voice for themselves -- In a female voice -- Spirituality and/as ideology in Black women's literature -- A chaste and fervid eloquence -- Prophetess of the spirits -- Transforming the pulpit.
English.
9780520919273 0520919270 0585055017 9780585055015 9780520209220 0520209222
Women clergy--History.
Women evangelists--History.
Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Women in Christianity--History.
RELIGION--Christian Church--History.
RELIGION--Christianity--History.
Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Women clergy.
Women evangelists.
Women in Christianity.
Christianity.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
History.
BV676 / .W556 1998eb
270/.082