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Deviating Voices: Women and Orthodox Religious Tradition
Sw Jackman
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Description for Deviating Voices: Women and Orthodox Religious Tradition
Paperback. Describes the lives of twelve women, whether saints and reformers or seers and spiritualists - who spoke out against the mainstream teachings of the Church. This book outlines their beliefs, their attempts to make themselves heard, their clashes with the spiritual authorities, the influence they achieved and the legacies they left behind. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HRC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 378.
The strongest voices in Christian history regarding the place of women in religious and secular society gave them only a very limited role, but there have always been those who disagreed with that view and with much other church orthodoxy. Often reviled by the Church, many of these women nevertheless had significant influence in their times. Some of them were considered to be heretics - unsurprisingly since they made great claims for themselves and their written and spoken words: Maximilla, a Montanist, announced that 'After me there will be no further prophets', while Joanna Southcott later claimed to be 'The ... Read more
The strongest voices in Christian history regarding the place of women in religious and secular society gave them only a very limited role, but there have always been those who disagreed with that view and with much other church orthodoxy. Often reviled by the Church, many of these women nevertheless had significant influence in their times. Some of them were considered to be heretics - unsurprisingly since they made great claims for themselves and their written and spoken words: Maximilla, a Montanist, announced that 'After me there will be no further prophets', while Joanna Southcott later claimed to be 'The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lutterworth Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718830243
SKU
V9780718830243
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-23
About Sw Jackman
S.W. Jackman is a retired professor of history from St Edmund's College Cambridge, where he spends six months every year. The rest of the year he spends in British Columbia. His education has been extensive, including a Ph.D. (Harvard); D.Litt. (Hon) (University of Lethbridge); D.Litt. (Hon) (University of Victoria); Professor of History, Emeritus, University of Victoria; and Fellow Commoner, St. ... Read more
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