Gillian Cloke

This Female Man of God (eBook, PDF)

Women and Spiritual Power in the Patristic Age, 350-450 AD

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

"This Female Man of God" is a study of holy women in late Roman society. In the early church, many women were considered "holy" and were revered by their peers and by the male establishment for their profound piety. These women preached and converted both men and women; they gave up families, homes and possessions; they confounded secular potentates and religious authorities in their uncompromising pursuit of God; and they revolutionized their own domestic spheres. While many studies have focused on the great men of the period, these women have been largely forgotten. This groundbreaking book examines the role of Christian women in the patristic age and shows how their experiences were deeply revealing of both the temporal and church politics of the time.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2003
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134868254
• Artikelnr.: 43072655

Autorenporträt

Gillian Cloke took her research degree on women in the patristic age at St Andrews University. She is currently working as an administrator in Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

1 INTRODUCTION 'Holy' women? 2 PATRISTIC PERCEPTIONS The sources and the
problems 3 MODELS FOR PIETY IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT 4 'EUNUCHS FOR THE LOVE OF
HEAVEN' Avowed virginity 5 'THE CONTINENCE WHICH IS AWARE OF ITS OWN RIGHT'
The order of widows 6 'MARRIED SANCTITY I THE BED UNDEFILED' Christian
wifehood 7 MARRIED SANCTITY II: CHRISTIAN MOTHERHOOD 8 'NOT BY OFFICE BUT
BY GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT' The ministries of women 9 CONCLUSION Holy 'women':
the imago dei revisited