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Title: Women and the Reformation
Condition: New
Author: Kirsi Stjerna
Format: Hardback
EAN: 9781405114226
ISBN: 9781405114226
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Society & Culture, Gender Sex & Relationships
Release Date: 27/06/2008
Description:

Women and the Reformation gathers historical materials and personal accounts to provide a comprehensive and accessible look at the status and contributions of women as leaders in the 16th century Protestant world.

  • Explores the new and expanded role as core participants in Christian life that women experienced during the Reformation
  • Examines diverse individual stories from women of the times, ranging from biographical sketches of the ex-nun Katharina von Bora Luther and Queen Jeanne d’Albret, to the prophetess Ursula Jost and the learned Olimpia Fulvia Morata
  • Brings together social history and theology to provide a groundbreaking volume on the theological effects that these women had on Christian life and spirituality
  • Accompanied by a website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/stjerna offering student’s access to the writings by the women featured in the book

Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 253mm
Item Length: 170mm
Item Width: 20mm
Item Weight: 648g
Release Year: 2008

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