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Women and Faith

Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present [Hardback]

by Lucetta Scaraffia

    • Author

      Lucetta Scaraffia

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Harvard University Press

    • Published

      November 1999

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      Women and Faith

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      Product Description

      Feminist thought has wrestled with the question of whether religion has been principally responsible for the oppression of women or instead has provided access to culture, public life, and - sometimes - power. This study of Italian women and Catholicism from the fourth through the 20th century reflects this conflict and the tension between the masculine character of divinity in the Catholic Church and the potential for equality in the gospels and early writings ("neither male nor female, but one in Jesus"). The various chapters in this book consider the institutions within which religious women lived, many of which they themselves founded or reorganized. In addition to overviews of women and the religious life throughout the periods under study, specific chapters focus on mystical marriage, religious writings by women, secular writings by nuns, women in sacred images, women in the 19th century Christian family, Marian pilgrimages, and depictions of sisters and saints in film. The authors, leading American, Italian, and French scholars, have drawn on rich resources to provide a panorama of 16 centuries of Italian history, religious history, and women's history.

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      • Author

        Lucetta Scaraffia

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Harvard University Press

      • Published

        November 1999

      • Weight

        691g

      • Page Count

        432

      • Dimensions

        165 x 244 x 33 mm

      • ISBN

        9780674954786

      • ISBN-10

        0674954785

      • Eden Code

        1153760

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      • Author/Creator: Lucetta Scaraffia

      • ISBN: 9780674954786

      • Publisher: Harvard University Press

      • Release Date: November 1999

      • Weight: 691g

      • Dimensions: 165 x 244 x 33 mm

      • Eden Code: 1153760

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