Women and faith
Subtitle: Catholic religious life in Italy from late antiquity to the present
By: edited by Lucetta Scaraffia and Gabriella Zarri.
Contributors: Scaraffia, Lucetta, 1948-.; Zarri, Gabriella, 1942-.
Edition: English-language ed.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 378
Subjects: Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Italy -- History.; Women in Christianity -- Italy -- History.; Women -- Italy -- Religious life.
Work titles: Donne e fede. English.
Description: "Feminist thought has wrestled with the question of whether religion has been principally responsible for the oppression of women or instead has provided access to culture public life, and - sometimes - power. This study of Italian women and Catholicism from the fourth through the twentieth century reflects this conflict and the tension between the masculine character of divinity in the Catholic church and the potential for equality in the gospels and early writings ("neither male nor female, but one in Jesus")."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-366) and index.