Crispina and her sisters : women and authority in early Christianity / Christine Schenk, CSJ.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schenk, Christine, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Women in Christianity.

History.

Catacombs--Italy--Rome.

Catacombs.

Art, Early Christian.

Italy--Rome.

Art, Early Christian--Italy--Rome.

Christian antiquities--Italy--Rome.

Christian antiquities.

Women in Christianity--Early church.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 459 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2017]

Summary:

Crispina and Her Sisters explores visual imagery found on burial artifacts of prominent early Christian women. It carefully situates the tomb art within the cultural context of customary Roman commemorations of the dead and provides an in-depth review of women's history in the first four centuries of Christianity. From this, a fascinating picture emerges of women's authority in the early church-a picture either not readily available or recognized, or sadly distorted in the written history. Book jacket.

Contents:

Women and early Christianity: sociocultural context

Women and early Christianity: female authority opposed

Interpreting early Christian art

Women in catacomb frescos and inscriptions

Commemorating the dead: Roman funerary customs and practices

Crispina and her sisters: portraits on Christian sarcophagi

More portraits on Christian sarcophagi

Women and authority in the fourth century: integrating the literary evidence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-450) and index.

ISBN:

9781506411880

1506411886

OCLC:

1000582629