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

Contributor(s): Kienzle, Beverly Mayne | Walker, Pamela J, 1960-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xxii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0520209222 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520209214 (hardcover : alk. paper)Subject(s): Women clergy -- History | Women evangelists -- History | Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History | Women in Christianity -- HistoryDDC classification: 270/.082 LOC classification: BV676 | .W556 1998Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: The issue of blood -- 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 -- Afterword: Voices of the Spirit.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library 1 West BV676 .W556 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902099171

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The issue of blood -- 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 -- Afterword: Voices of the Spirit.

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