Christian women in the patristic world : their influence, authority, and legacy in the second through fifth centuries /
Cohick, Lynn H.,
Christian women in the patristic world : their influence, authority, and legacy in the second through fifth centuries / [print] Lynn H. Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2017. - xxxviii, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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.
From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers
9780801039553
2017018733
Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BR195.H893.C475 2017 BR195
Christian women in the patristic world : their influence, authority, and legacy in the second through fifth centuries / [print] Lynn H. Cohick and Amy Brown Hughes. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, (c)2017. - xxxviii, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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.
From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers
9780801039553
2017018733
Women in Christianity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
BR195.H893.C475 2017 BR195