Women and the Reformation by Stjerna, Kirsi

Women and the Reformation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781405114233)

Vendor: Kirsi Stjerna
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Format: Paperback
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Women and the Reformation by Stjerna, Kirsi

Women and the Reformation

$57.95
Women and the Reformation by Stjerna, Kirsi

Women and the Reformation

$57.95
Format: Paperback
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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


Author: Kirsi Stjerna
ISBN-10: 1405114231
ISBN-13: 9781405114233
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.66h x 6.80w x 0.59d
By Kirsi Stjerna
By Kirsi Stjerna
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Kirsi Stjerna is Associate Professor of Reformation Church History and Director of the Institute for Luther Studies at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. She is the editor of The Role of the Bishop: Changing Models for a Global Church (2001) and Homoeroticism in the Biblical World: A Historical Perspective (1998).

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