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

Book

Community of Christ Library

Name/Title

Description

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. xxii, 362 p. :ill. ;23 cm.

Book Details

Place Published

City

Berkeley

Date Published

circa 1998

Publication Subjects

Women clergy--History. Women evangelists--History. Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity--History. Women in Christianity--History.

Call No.

BV676 .W556 1998

ISBN

0520209214 (hardcover : alk. paper), 0520209222 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

97030743

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.