TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moore,Rebecca
TI  - Women in Christian traditions
T2  - Women in religions
SN  - 9781479817887
AV  - BV639.W7 M594 2015eb
U1  - 270.082 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Women in Christianity
KW  - History
KW  - fast
KW  - Frau
KW  - gnd
KW  - Christentum
KW  - Kristendom
KW  - historia
KW  - kao
KW  - Kyrkligt arbete
KW  - Andlighet
KW  - Kvinnouppfattning
KW  - Feministisk teori
KW  - Christianity
KW  - history
KW  - kao//eng
KW  - Work within the Church
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Views of women
KW  - Feminist theory
KW  - Kvinnor
KW  - religiösa aspekter
KW  - sao
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Church / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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