A Dictionary of Women in Church History
Author: Mary L. Hammack
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
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Pocket Dictionary of Church History
Author: Nathan P. Feldmeth
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-03-17
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 0830867031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis convenient reference work by Nathan Feldmeth offers brief, up-to-date definitions of the terms, events, movements and figures of church history.
Women in Scripture
Author: Carol Meyers
Publisher: HMH
Published: 2000-03-30
Total Pages: 1017
ISBN-13: 0547345585
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“This splendid reference describes every woman in Jewish and Christian scripture . . . monumental” (Library Journal). In recent decades, many biblical scholars have studied the holy text with a new focus on gender. Women in Scripture is a groundbreaking work that provides Jews, Christians, or anyone fascinated by a body of literature that has exerted a singular influence on Western civilization a thorough look at every woman and group of women mentioned in the Bible, whether named or unnamed, well known or heretofore not known at all. They are remarkably varied—from prophets to prostitutes, military heroines to musicians, deacons to dancers, widows to wet nurses, rulers to slaves. There are familiar faces, such as Eve, Judith, and Mary, seen anew with the full benefit of the most up-to-date results of biblical scholarship. But the most innovative aspect of this book is the section devoted to the many females who in the scriptures do not even have names. Combining rigorous research with engaging prose, these articles on women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament will inform, delight, and challenge readers interested in the Bible, scholars and laypeople alike. Together, these collected histories create a volume that takes the study of women in the Bible to a new level.
Handbook of Women Biblical Interpreters
Author: Marion Ann Taylor
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2012-10-01
Total Pages: 715
ISBN-13: 1441238670
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe history of women interpreters of the Bible is a neglected area of study. Marion Taylor presents a one-volume reference tool that introduces readers to a wide array of women interpreters of the Bible from the entire history of Christianity. Her research has implications for understanding biblical interpretation--especially the history of interpretation--and influencing contemporary study of women and the Bible. Contributions by 130 top scholars introduce foremothers of the faith who address issues of interpretation that continue to be relevant to faith communities today, such as women's roles in the church and synagogue and the idea of religious feminism. Women's interpretations also raise awareness about differences in the ways women and men may read the Scriptures in light of differences in their life experiences. This handbook will prove useful to ministers as well as to students of the Bible, who will be inspired, provoked, and challenged by the women introduced here. The volume will also provide a foundation for further detailed research and analysis. Interpreters include Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier, Saint Birgitta of Sweden, Catherine Mumford Booth, Anne Bradstreet, Catherine of Siena, Clare of Assisi, Egeria, Elizabeth I, Hildegard, Julian of Norwich, Thérèse of Lisieux, Marcella, Henrietta C. Mears, Florence Nightingale, Phoebe Palmer, Faltonia Betitia Proba, Pandita Ramabai, Christina Georgina Rossetti, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Harriet Beecher Stowe, St. Teresa of Avila, Sojourner Truth, and Susanna Wesley.
Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America: Native American creation stories
Author: Rosemary Skinner Keller
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 538
ISBN-13: 9780253346872
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fundamental and well-illustrated reference collection for anyone interested in the role of women in North American religious life.
Women in Christian History
Author: Carolyn DeArmond Blevins
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780865544932
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor much of Christian history, the role of women in the life of the church both local and universal has been downplayed, overlooked, or simply denied. Such a state of affairs of course also denies the testimony of the church's Scriptures regarding the key role women played in Jesus' own ministry and that of the early church. It denies or deliberately overlooks the significant role of women in the life of the church throughout the church's history, down to and including the present day. In recent years such denial of the significant place of women in Christian history of course has been addressed. But nowhere is there available a more comprehensive bibliography than the present one compiled by Carolyn Blevins. The reach of Blevins's bibliography is wide, from the earliest church to present times, across every ethnic and national boundary, and throughout virtually every segment of the church, Catholic and Protestant and stripes in between or beyond. This is in many ways but a beginning place. Yet with the help of Blevins's good work, students, teachers, researchers, historians, and all other seekers after the significant place of women in Christian history, have indeed a place to make a good beginning.
Concise Dictionary of Christianity in America
Author: Daniel G. Reid
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2002-05-22
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 1579109691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWomen in the Church
Author: Stanley J. Grenz
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2010-05-28
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780830877799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStudies of key biblical passages on women's roles in the church fill entire bookshelves, if not libraries. But in Women in the Church, Stanley Grenz and Denise Muir Kjesbo offer the first in-depth theological study of this issue--one of the most bitterly contested issues of our day. Carefully considering the biblical, historical and practical concerns surrounding women and the ordained ministry, this book will enlighten people on all sides of the issue. But Grenz and Kjesbo make no secret of their bold conclusion: 'Historical, biblical and theological considerations converge not only in allowing, but also in insisting, that women serve as full partners with men.' Thorough and irenic, Women in the Church bids to take an intense discussion to a new plane.
Who's who in Christian History
Author: James Dixon Douglas
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 772
ISBN-13: 9780842310147
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the men and women who made a lasting impact on Christian faith and experience. With over 1,500 biographical entries, this book is the most comprehensive resource available. It spans the first through the twentieth centuries--from Jesus and the apostles to Billy Graham and Mother Teresa. A great reference book for pastors, Bible students and teachers, or anyone desiring a one-volume biographical dictionary of who's who in Christian history.
Telling the Churches' Stories
Author: Timothy J. Wengert
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780802805560
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis critical look at the practice of writing church history challenges historians of Christianity to be self-consciously ecumenical in the practice of their craft. The book introduces principles defined by a community of scholars working under the auspices of he Faith and Order Working Group of the National Council of Churches.
