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A Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry in 2017, Academy of Parish Clergy
A Jesus Creed 2017 Book of the Year (Honorable Mention)
From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers--influenced the shape of the church in its formative centuries. This book provides in a single volume a nearly complete compendium of extant evidence about Christian women in the second through fifth centuries. It highlights the social and theological contributions they made to shaping early Christian beliefs and practices, integrating their influence into the history of the patristic church and showing how their achievements can be edifying for contemporary Christians.
Author: Lynn H. Cohick, Amy Brown Hughes
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780801039553
ISBN10: 080103955X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Church | History
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Religion | Christian Theology | History
A Jesus Creed 2017 Book of the Year (Honorable Mention)
From facing wild beasts in the arena to governing the Roman Empire, Christian women--as preachers and philosophers, martyrs and empresses, virgins and mothers--influenced the shape of the church in its formative centuries. This book provides in a single volume a nearly complete compendium of extant evidence about Christian women in the second through fifth centuries. It highlights the social and theological contributions they made to shaping early Christian beliefs and practices, integrating their influence into the history of the patristic church and showing how their achievements can be edifying for contemporary Christians.
Author: Lynn H. Cohick, Amy Brown Hughes
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9780801039553
ISBN10: 080103955X
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Church | History
- Religion | Christianity | History
- Religion | Christian Theology | History
About the Author
Lynn H. Cohick (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is provost, dean of academic affairs, and professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary in Lisle, Illinois.
Amy Brown Hughes (PhD, Wheaton College) is assistant professor of theology at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.