Title Women preachers and prophets through two millennia of Christianity / edited by Beverly Mayne Kienzle and Pamela J. Walker

Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 362 pages) : illustrations Contents 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 Summary For nearly two millennia, despite repeated prohibitions, Christian women have preached. Some have preached in official settings; others have found alternative routes for expression. Prophecy, teaching, writing, and song have all filled a broad definition of preaching. This anthology, with essays by an international group of scholars from several disciplines, investigates the diverse voices of Christian women who claimed the authority to preach and prophesy. The contributors examine the centuries of arguments, grounded in Pauline injunctions, against women's public speech and the different ways women from the early years of the church through the twentieth century have nonetheless exercised religious leadership in their communities. Some of them based their authority solely on divine inspiration; others were authorized by independent-minded communities; a few were even recognized by the church hierarchy. With its lively accounts of women preachers and prophets in the Christian tradition, this exceptionally well-documented collection will interest scholars and general readers alike Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Women clergy -- History Women evangelists -- History Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History Women in Christianity -- History. Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History. RELIGION -- Christianity -- History. RELIGION / Christianity / General Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Women clergy Women evangelists Women in Christianity Vrouwen. Christendom. Christianity. Religion. Philosophy & Religion. Prédication -- Histoire. Femmes -- Prophéties -- Histoire. Rôle selon le sexe -- Aspect religieux -- Histoire. Femmes -- Vie religieuse -- Histoire. Clergé féminin -- Histoire. Femmes dans le christianisme -- Histoire. Femmes et religion. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Kienzle, Beverly Mayne Walker, Pamela J., 1960- LC no. 97030743 ISBN 9780520919273 0520919270 0585055017 9780585055015 9780520209220 0520209222

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