God's self-confident daughters
Subtitle: early Christianity and the liberation of women
By: Anne Jensen ; translated by O.C. Dean, Jr
Publisher: Kok Pharos Pub. House
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Kampen, the Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9789039002728
Subjects: Women in Christianity; Early church; Femmes dans le christianisme; Histoire; History
Work titles: Gottes selbstbewusste Töchter
Description: In this study, Anne Jensen provides an exhaustive account of the many roles that women played in the early church and their subsequent marginalization by the later church. This book is required reading for anyone interested in the history of the church and its impact on the lives of women throughout the ages.
Notes: "English language edition first published in U.S.A. by Westminister Knox Press"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-341) and index.
Table of contents: title: I. Women in the Church Histories: Development into the Church of Men. 1. Four Different Authors. 2. Statistical Matters. 3. Women as a Qualified Minority: The Church History of Eusebius. 4. The Marginalization of Women: Socrates, Sozomen, and Theodoret. 5. Innovations: Progress or Regress?; title: II. Women in Martyrdom: Courageous Confessors. 1. Historical Background. 2. Deliverance into Prostitution: The Double Martyrdom. 3. Blandina; title: a Slave as Mother of the Church. 4. Perpetua and Felicity; title: Mothers and Martyrs. 5. Martyrdom and Baptism: A Theological Analysis of Perpetua's Visions. 6. Martyrdom and Representation of Christ; title: III. Women in Proclamation: Charismatic Prophetesses. 1. Prophecy and Christian Existence. 2. The New Prophecy: Prisca and Maximilla. 3. The Eucharist of a Prophetess; title: IV. Redemption through Knowledge: Bright Women Teachers. 1. Baptism without Water? The Cainite Anonyma in Carthage. 2. "Wiser than Marcion": The Virgin Philomena, Prophetess in Rome.