Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries

Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries

Author: Deborah F. Sawyer

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1134841787

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Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries focuses on religion during the period of Roman imperial rule and its significance in women's lives. It discusses the rich variety of religious expression, from pagan cults and classical mythology to ancient Judaism and early Christianity, and the wide array of religious functions fulfilled by women. The author analyses key examples from each context, creating a vivid image of this crucial period which laid the foundations of western civilization. The study challenges the concepts of religion and of women in the light of post-modern critique. As such, it is an important contribution to contemporary gender theory. In its broad and interdisciplinary approach, this book will be of interest to students of early religion as well as those involved in cultural theory.


Women in the World of the Earliest Christians

Women in the World of the Earliest Christians

Author: Lynn Cohick

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2009-11-01

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 1441207996

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Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general. Cohick shows that although women during this period were active at all levels within their religious communities, their influence was not always identified by leadership titles nor did their gender always determine their level of participation. The book corrects our understanding of early Christian women by offering an authentic and descriptive historical picture of their lives. Includes black-and-white illustrations from the ancient world.


From Jesus to Christ

From Jesus to Christ

Author: Paula Fredriksen

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 0300164106

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"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor


Women Officeholders in Early Christianity

Women Officeholders in Early Christianity

Author: Ute E. Eisen

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780814659502

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Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. Topics include apostles, prophets, theological teachers, presbyters, enrolled widows, deacons, bishops, and oikonomae. The book concludes with a chapter on "source-oriented perspectives for a history of Christian women in official positions."


Women in Christian Traditions

Women in Christian Traditions

Author: Rebecca Moore

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2015-03-06

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 1479829617

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Description of the roles women have played in the construction and practice of Christian traditions, from the earliest disciples to the latest theologians.


The Early Christian Centuries

The Early Christian Centuries

Author: Philip Rousseau

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-06-06

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1317890515

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Charting the first six hundred years of the Christian movement, THE EARLY CHRISTIAN CENTURIES carries the reader from the world of second-temple Judaism to the Byzantine age, the rise of Islam, and the beginnings of medieval European polities.With a combination of rare tact and acuity, Philip Rousseau takes the measure of a generation of scholarship on early Christianity and the late Roman world. He stresses the importance of shifting historical consciousness, the continuity and development of ideas, and the urge for social respectability. Paying the greatest attention to the 'inner' components of Christian life, the resulting story captures fully the major figures: Paul, the gospel writers, the early 'apologists', and the great figures of the 'patristic' age, including the Cappadocian Fathers, Augustine and Gregory the Great.


Ordained Women in the Early Church

Ordained Women in the Early Church

Author: Kevin Madigan

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2005-07-27

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9780801879326

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Madigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom.--Robin Jensen, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, author of Face to Face: The Portrait of the Divine in Early Christianity "Catholic Historical Review"


When Women Were Priests

When Women Were Priests

Author: Karen J. Torjesen

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 1995-04-15

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 0060686618

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This landmark book reveals not only that women were priests, bishops, and prophets in early Christianity, but also how and why they were then suppressed.