Christian women in the patristic world : their influence, authority, and legacy in the second through fifth centuries / Lynn H. Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohick, Lynn H., author.

Hughes, Amy Brown, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Women in Christianity.

History.

Women in Christianity--Early church.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxxviii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, [2017]

Summary:

From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers -- influenced the shape of the church in its formative centuries. This book provides in a single volume a nearly complete compendium of extant evidence about Christian women in the second through fifth centuries. It highlights the social and theological contributions they made to shaping early Christian beliefs and practices, integrating their influence into the history of the patristic church and showing how their achievements can be edifying for contemporary Christians.

Contents:

Thecla : Christian female protomartyr and virgin of the church

Perpetua and Felicitas : mothers and martyrs

Christian women in catacomb art

From pagan to Christian, martyr to ascetic

Helena Augusta, "mother of the empire"

Egeria's Itinerary and Christian pilgrimage

Macrina the ascetic entrepreneur and the "unlearned" wisdom of Monica

Paula, Marcella, and the Melanias : ascetics, scholars, and compatriots in controversy

Aelia Pulcheria, "protectress of the empire," and Empress Eudocia, a theological poet

Conclusion: Responsibly remembering.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-277) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780801039553

080103955X

OCLC:

961154751

Publisher Number:

99974023128