Redeemed bodies
Subtitle: women martyrs in early Christianity
By: Gail P.C. Streete.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Louisville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
ISBN-13: 9780664233297
Subjects: Perpetua, -- Saint, -- d. 203; Felicity, -- Saint, -- d. 203; Thecla, -- Saint; Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis; Acts of Paul and Thecla; Christian women martyrs -- Rome -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The power of bodies; title: Body talk : the martyr's "voice"; title: Tough mothers and female contenders : Perpetua and Felicitas; title: The nakedness of Thecla; title: Why martyrs matter.