04434nam a2200709Ki 4500 ocn951103688 OCoLC 20200709060331.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 160603s2015 nyua ob 001 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9781479817887 (electronic bk.) 1479817880 (electronic bk.) 9781479829613 1479829617 9781479821754 1479821756 948323 (N$T) (OCoLC)951103688 BV639.W7 M594 2015eb REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.082 23 MAIN Moore, Rebecca, 1951- Women in Christian traditions / Rebecca Moore. New York : New York University Press, [2015] 1 online resource (ix, 209 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Women in religions Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index. 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. 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 church history to help us to realize a richer and fuller understanding of Christianity. This text provides an overview of the complete sweep of Christian history through the lens of feminist scholarship. Yet it also departs from some of the assumptions of that scholarship, raising questions that challenge our thinking about how women have shaped beliefs and practices during two thousand years of church history. Did the emphasis on virginity in the early church empower Christian women? Did the emphasis on marriage during the Reformations of the sixteenth century improve their status? These questions and others have important implications for women in Christianity in particular, and for women in religion in general, since they go to the heart of the human condition. This work examines themes, movements, and events in their historical contexts and locates churchwomen within the broader developments that have been pivotal in the evolution of Christianity. From the earliest disciples to the latest theologians, from the missionaries to the martyrs, women have been instrumental in keeping the faith alive. Women in Christian Traditions shows how they did so. Print version record. Women in Christianity History. Women in Christianity. fast (OCoLC)fst01177787 Frau. (DE-588)4018202-2 gnd Christentum. (DE-588)4010074-1 gnd Kristendom historia. kao Kyrkligt arbete. kao Andlighet. kao Kvinnouppfattning. kao Feministisk teori. kao Christianity history. kao//eng Work within the Church. kao//eng Spirituality. kao//eng Views of women. kao//eng Feminist theory. kao//eng Kvinnor religiösa aspekter. sao RELIGION / Christian Church / History bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Electronic books. Print version: Moore, Rebecca, 1951- Women in Christian traditions. New York : New York University Press, [2015] 9781479829613 (DLC) 2014040539 (OCoLC)893452416 Women in religions. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=948323 EBSCOhost EBSC 948323 92 N$T 56073 56073