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A Feminist Companion to Patristic Literature
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The Feminist Companion to Patristic Literature is the twelfth volume in the Feminist Companion to the Bible and Early Christian Literature series. Presenting cutting-edge studies by both established scholars and new voices from diverse cultures and contexts, the series not only displays the range of feminist readings, it offers essential readings for all students of the New Testament and early Christian literature.This volume examines a number of Patristic texts and early christian documents from a feminist perspective including Clement of Rome, Clement of Alexandria, the Christian Martyr and the Gospel of Thomas. Contributors: Barbara Bowe, Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley, Denise Buell, Virginia Burrus, Elizabeth Castelli, Elizabeth Clark, Kathy Gaca, Robin Jensen, Ross S Kraemer, Carolyn Osiek, Carolyn Osiek, Theresa Shaw
Table of Contents
'Many Women Have Been Empowered through God's Grace': Feminist Contradictions and Curiosities in Clement of Rome
Denise Kimber Buell
Ambiguous Legacy: A Feminist Commentary on Clement of Alexandria's Works
Virginia Burrus
Torture and Travail: Producing the Christian Martyr
Elizabeth Castelli
Virginity and its Meaning for Women's Sexuality in Early Christianity
Elizabeth A. Clark
Ideology, History and the Construction of 'Woman' in Late Ancient Christianity
Kathy L. Gaca
The Pentateuch or Plato: Two Competing Paradigms of Christian Sexual Morality
Robin M. Jensen
Mater Ecclesia and Fons Aeterna: The Church and Her Womb in Ancient Christian Tradition
Ross S. Kraemer
When Is A Text About a Woman a Text About a Woman: The Cases of Aseneth and Perpetua
Carolyn Osiek
The Patronage of Women in Early Christianity
Teresa M. Shaw
The Virgin Charioteer and the Bride of Christ: Gender and the Passions in Late Ancient Ethics and Early Christian Writings on Virginity
Product details
| Published | 28 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 256 |
| ISBN | 9789369529087 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic India |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Series | Feminist Companion to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd |
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