Women and Christian Origins
Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
| Author: | ISBN: | 9780199880287 | |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | Publication: | February 11, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9780199880287 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Publication: | February 11, 1999 |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press |
| Language: | English |
This new collection of fourteen integrated, original essays by prominent scholars and experienced teachers provides a comprehensive and accessible entree to current research on women and the origins of Christianity. Engaging for both the interested reader and the specialist in religion, Women and Christian Origins is sensitive to feminist theory and attentive to distinctions between the (re)construction of women's history in early Christian churches and ancient constructions of gender difference
This new collection of fourteen integrated, original essays by prominent scholars and experienced teachers provides a comprehensive and accessible entree to current research on women and the origins of Christianity. Engaging for both the interested reader and the specialist in religion, Women and Christian Origins is sensitive to feminist theory and attentive to distinctions between the (re)construction of women's history in early Christian churches and ancient constructions of gender difference
