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Virgins of God

The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity

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Many of the institutions fundamental to the role of men and women in today's society have their origins in late antiquity. This revisionist study offers a comprehensive look at how Christian women of this time initiated alternative, ascetic ways of living, both with and without men. The author studies how these practices were institutionalized, and why they were later either eliminated or transformed by a new Christian Roman elite of men now thought of as the founding fathers.

Produktdetails

Erscheinungsdatum
25. Januar 1996
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
464
Autor/Autorin
Susanna Elm
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Gewicht
650 g
Größe (L/B/H)
216/140/27 mm
ISBN
9780198150442

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Susanna Elm

Susanna Elm is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.

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"Susanna Elm's book is a significant contribution."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Virgins of God is --dare I say it?-- an exciting book to read by anyone interested in early Church history and the role of women in the early Church, and is especially pertinent for monastics. It belongs in every monastic library. It is scholarly, but the scholarship is sensible, and almost always fascinating. The book is also very well written, and that is a gift in itself."--Coptic Church Review
"Susanna Elm's book is a significant contribution."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"Virgins of God is --dare I say it?-- an exciting book to read by anyone interested in early Church history and the role of women in the early Church, and is especially pertinent for monastics. It belongs in every monastic library. It is scholarly, but the scholarship is sensible, and almost always fascinating. The book is also very well written, and that is a gift in itself."--Coptic Church Review
"A very well researched and documented academic treatise....It is, I believe, the first comprehensive study of the place of the virgin in antiquity to be written in English....Challenging and exciting reading...I welcome the publication of this book and recommend it to all students of the history of ascetics and community life, as well as to those exercised about the future of the consecrated state."--Fairacres Chronicle
"An impressive number of very good books on early monasticism have appeared in the last five years....To this list we can now gratefully add Susanna Elm's monograph Virgins of God....an exciting book to read. It should be read by anyone interested in early Church history and the role of women in the early Church, and is especially pertinent for monastics. It belongs in every monastic library. It is scholarly, but the scholarship is sensible, and almost always fascinating. The book is also well written, and that is a gift in itself."--Cistercian Studies Quarterly

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