Kienzle, Beverly Mayne Walker, Pamela J. text xx Berkeley, Calif University of California Press 1998 9999 monographic und eng

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xxii, 362 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Prophetic power and women's authority -- The early Christian Orans -- Maria Magdalena -- The prostitute-preacher -- The voice of the good women -- The right of women to give religious instruction in the thirteenth century -- Prophecy and song -- Proclaiming sanctity through proscribed acts -- Women's sermons at the end of the Middle Ages -- Feminine exemplars for reform -- Preaching or teaching? -- A voice for themselves -- In a female voice -- Spirituality and/as ideology in Black women's literature -- A chaste and fervid eloquence -- Prophetess of the spirits -- Transforming the pulpit. edited by Beverly Mayne Kienzle and Pamela J. Walker Women clergy—History.Women evangelists—History.Sex role—Religious aspects—Christianity—History BV676 .W556 1998 97805202092200520209222 240426