Women preachers and prophets through two millennia of Christianity

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 -- W...

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Weitere Verfasser: Kienzle, Beverly Mayne (HerausgeberIn), Walker, Pamela J. (BerichterstatterIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley, Calif. u.a. University of California Press c 1998
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:XXII, 362 S
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23 cm
ISBN:0520209214
0-520-20921-4
0520209222
0-520-20922-2