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1 online resource (140 pages) |
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Continuum Icons Ser |
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Continuum Icons Ser
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Intro; Contents; Introduction; 1. Women in Earliest Christianity; Women's history too; Jesus â#x80;#x93; friend of women; Women in the Jewishâ#x80;#x93;Christian Jesus movement; No patriarchal hierarchy; Provisional structures; Women as apostles and prophets?; 2. Women in the Early Church; Women apostles and prophets in Paul; Conflicts over the status of women; Gnosticism: an opportunity for women; Women: the losers in history; To be rediscovered: women martyrs, prophets, teachers; Alternative forms of life for women; The shadow sides; Were women emancipated through Christianity? |
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Tradition as an argument today3. Women in the Church of the Middle Ages; Augustine: original sin corrupts sexuality; Rigorism in sexual morality; An inter-religious problem; A church of celibate men and the prohibition of marriage; Thomas: women â#x80;#x93; somewhat defective; Women in the family, politics and business; Repression of women in the church; Mysticism under suspicion; Veneration of Mary on the increase; An ecumenical image of Mary?; 4. Women at the Time of the Reformation; Luther's fundamental impulse for reform; The changed situation of women; Fellowship of men and women |
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The structure of society â#x80;#x93; still patriarchalWomen in Calvinism and Anglicanism; Emancipation in the 'sects'?; Women as witches; Who was to blame for the witch-craze?; Why the witch-craze?; 5. Women in Modernity and Postmodernity; The philosophical revolution and women; The political revolution and women; The industrial revolution and women; Have the churches hindered or encouraged the emancipation of women?; The situation in modern Catholicism; The situation in modern Protestantism; The feminist movement; Questions to the churches; A fellowship of brothers and sisters, free and equal |
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Specific demandsConclusion; Notes |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women in Christianity -- History.
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Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
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Women in Christianity
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Women -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Bowden, John Stephen
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| ISBN |
9781441102638 |
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1441102639 |
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