Women in Early Christianity: Translations from Greek Texts by
sourcebook brings together ancient Christian texts that elucidate how women were perceived and portrayed in the Greek literature written in the second to the sixth centuries. documentary sources such as church orders and proceedings, popular narrative sources such as the novelistic apocryphal acts, biographies and lives of saints, and theological treatises on virginity and marriage.
Handmaids of the Lord: contemporary descriptions of feminine asceticism in the first six Christian centuries by
Descriptions of early role-models--Macrina, the two Paulas and Melanias, Radagunde--and others by contemporaries, usually men, provide details of their austerities, their aspirations, and their relationship with the Church and the world, not least with male authority figures.
Maenads, Martyrs, Matrons, Monastics by
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The Forgotten Desert Mothers: sayings, lives, and stories of early Christian women by
An introduction to the Sayings, Lives, stories & spirituality of women in the post-biblical, early Christian movement. Online available.
The Acts of Paul and Thecla by
critical introduction and commentary on the Acts of Paul and Thecla , to serve as a user-friendly starting point for anyone interested in entering into the many discussions and academic writings surrounding the Acts of Paul and Thecla . translation, textual notes and general comments, extensive introduction.
Household, Women, and Christianities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages by
Both as God's house and as the dwellings of his monastic and other followers, the history of the church is in part that of an institution conceived as a household. In recent years, secular life and lifestyles in late antiquity and the Middle Ages have been illuminated through renewed attention to the economic and social history of households, while scholarship on women has produced studies of the lives and the devotional reading of laywomen and women religious.This volume is a pioneering collection that unites study of the household with women's religious practices as a focus of enquiry. It moves beyond consideration of the church's roles in women's history to the impact of women's householding on the history of the church. Online available.
Women and Modesty in Late Antiquity by
Focusing on the letters of advice to the women of the noble Anicia family, Kate Wilkinson argues that conventional descriptions of feminine modesty can reveal spaces of agency and self-formation in early Christian women's lives. Online available.
Early Christian Women and Pagan Opinion: the power of the hysterical woman by
how women figured in public reaction to the church from New Testament times to Christianity's encounter with the pagan critics of the second century CE. The reference to a hysterical woman was made by the most prolific critic of Christianity, Celsus.
Redeemed Bodies: Women Martyrs in Early Christianity by
looking at the stories of martyred women such as Thecla, Perpetua, and Felicitas.
The Bone Gatherers: the lost worlds of early Christian women by
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Love Between Women: early Christian responses to female homoeroticism by
examines female homoeroticism and the role of women in the ancient Roman world. Online available.
The Gendered Palimpsest: women, writing, and representation in early Christianity by
explores the roles that women played in the production, reproduction, and dissemination of early Christian books, and how the representation of female characters was contested through the medium of writing and copying. Online available.
Women in the Early Church by
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Mary and Early Christian Women by
evidence that Mary was remembered as a powerful role model for women leaders--women apostles, baptizers, and presiders at the ritual meal. Early Christian art portrays Mary and other women clergy serving as deacon, presbyter/priest, and bishop.
Women Officeholders in Early Christianity: epigraphical and literary studies by
evidence for women holding offices of authority in the first several centuries of Christianity. focuses on inscriptions and documentary papyri.
Crispina and Her Sisters: women and authority in early Christianity by
explores visual imagery found on burial artifacts of prominent early Christian women. situates tomb art within the cultural context of customary Roman commemorations of the dead.
The Cult of Saint Thecla : a tradition of women's piety in late antiquity by
reconstructs the cult of Saint Thecla in Asia Minor and Egypt - the social practices, institutions, and artefacts that marked the lives of actual devotees. shows how the cult of this female saint remained closely linked with communities of women as a source of empowerment and a cause of controversy.
Junia: The First Woman Apostle by
The name "Junia" appears in Romans 16:7, and Paul identifies her (along with Andronicus) as "prominent among the apostles." investigates the disappearance of Junia from the traditions of the church.
Theodora : actress, empress, saint by
biography of Theodora.
The Oxford Handbook of Mary by
interdisciplinary guide to Marian Studies: textual, literary, and media analysis; theology; Church history; art history; studies on devotion in a variety of forms; cultural history; folk tradition; gender analysis; apparitions and apocalypticism. Online available.
Mary in Early Christian Faith and Devotion by
emergence and development of the Marian cult in the early Christian centuries. Marian devotion played a far more vital role in the development of early Christian belief and practice than has been previously recognized. Online available.
Origins of the Cult of the Virgin Mary by
chapters on the New Testament; the Catacombs; the Protevangelium of James; Mary and Goddess worship; the origin of Marian feasts and their Pagan connections; the Council of Ephesus; Mary as Wisdom; Marian Art. Online available.
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