Women Officeholders in Early Christianity
Subtitle: Epigraphical and Literary Studies (Theology)
Contributors: Gary Macy (Translator)
Publisher: Michael Glazier Books; The Liturgical Press; Liturgical Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780814659502
Subjects: Christianity; History of religion; Women's studies; Women And The Church; History; Early Church (To 476); Women in church work; Religion - Church History; Religion; Inscriptions; Christianity - History - General; Leadership; Women's Studies - General; Women in Christianity; Christian Theology - General; Early church, ca. 30-600
First sentence: The focus of this book is on Christian women in the ancient Church and the early Middle Ages who were active in theology and Church politics, either as holders of official positions in the Church or as persons acting independently of the institution itself.
Description: "Here Ute E. Eisen provides a scholarly investigation of the evidence that women held offices of authority in the first centuries of Christianity. Topics include apostles, prophets, theological teachers, presbyters, enrolled widows, deacons, bishops, and oikonomae. The book concludes with a chapter on "source-oriented perspectives for a history of Christian women in official positions.""--BOOK JACKET.