LYDIA'S IMPATIENT SISTERS, a feminist social history of early Christianity

SCHOTTROFF, LUISE

SCM Press

Lydia's Impatient Sisters: A Feminist Social History of Early Christianity

What did it mean for women to become Christians during the formative years of Christianity? What implications did this conversion have for women in their relationships, in everyday life, and in their view of the future? Theologian and social historian Luise Schottroff asks these questions as she investigates the world of the first Christian women. In particular, she looks at the immeasurable influence that women had on the common life of the first Christian communities despite the struggles they endured under patriarchal domination. This book represents a significant step forward in the understanding of women in the New Testament and the early church.

History

World

Westminster John Knox Pr

In this popular yet academically grounded look at Jesus, liberation theologians Dorothee Soelle and Luise Schottroff offer a corrective to the "Jesus of history" research recently made popular through the work of the Jesus Seminar. By situating Jesus within his community of friends--who played a large part in his life, ministry, and movement--the authors show that the story of Jesus has not come to a close. Rather, Jesus of Nazareth demonstrates how his works, words, and inspired community pose timeless challenges for contemporary life.
This book includes sixty-seven color illustrations, a glossary, chronological table, map, and brief annotated bibliography.

Jesus of Nazareth

Religion & Spirituality

Soelle, Dorothee

Christian Books & Bibles

Westminster/John Knox Press

Lydia's Impatient Sisters offers a social history of the everyday life of women, setting common experiences of labor, money, illness, and resistance in the context of the Roman imperial society.Luise Schottroff relates this history to important theological topics in New Testament, such as the revelation of God and the daily life of the church. Schottroff's work demonstrates how women were embedded in their social world.

In this intriguing study, theologian and social historian Schottroff investigates the world of the first Christian women. In particular, she looks at the immeasurable influence that women had on the common life of the first Christian communities despite the struggles they endured under patriarchal domination.

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Essays on the love commandment

AUGSBURG FORTRESS* PUBLISHERS

In the hundred years since The Women's Bible, giant strides have been made in feminist interpretation of the Bible. Now comes the first comprehensive overview of the whole field. The authors systematically recount those efforts to describe the story of women in both testaments, to uncover tendencies not supportive of women, and to describe biblical traditions that empower women. The book unfolds in three parts: Historical, Hermeneutical, and Methodological Foundations Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of the History of Israel Toward a Feminist Reconstruction of Early Christianity

Feminist Interpretation: The Bible in Women's Perspective (Progress in Neural Processing; 7)

Literature & Fiction

Rumscheidt, Martin H.

Rumscheidt, Barbara

History & Criticism

Fortress Press

A premier New Testament scholar explores how Jesus' trial and execution are portrayed in the New Testament and how that portrayal has affected biblical studies, Christian theology, and Jewish-Christian relations through history. Tomson has written an accessible, responsible analysis of the biblical accounts of Jesus' death, demonstrating how, through compounded misunderstandings, they contributed to anti-Jewish sentiment in the early church and later history. Tomson's question of how Jesus is to be understood in his first-century Judean context is a critical one not only for biblical scholars, but for anyone concerned about human rights and interreligious dialogue today.

The Parables of Jesus

Bieler and Schottroff bring together the best of contemporary scholarship on ritual theory and practice, Eucharistic origins, the Eucharist and eschatology, the Eucharist and world hunger, the global economy, and the dynamics of torture in a dramatic new vision of the transformative power of the Eucharist for our world. Reflection questions lead readers into the issues raised in each chapter.

The Eucharist: Bodies, Bread, and Resurrection

Bieler, Andrea

Die Parteilichkeit Gottes: Biblische Orientierungen auf der Suche nach Frieden und Gerechtigkeit (Kaiser Traktate) (German Edition)

Chr. Kaiser

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