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Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe seeks to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Essays in the volume examine how Europeans identified themselves as women, men, and Christians, and how these identities influenced religious belief and practice in everyday life.

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Introduction. Convent ruins and Christian profession: toward a methodology for the history of religion and gender
—Lisa M. Bitel
1 Tertullian, the angelic life, and the bride of Christ
—Dyan Elliott
2 One flesh, two sexes, three genders?
—Jacqueline Murray
3 Thomas Aquinas's chastity belt: clerical masculinity in medieval Europe
—Ruth Mazo Karras
4 Women's monasteries and sacred space: the promotion of saints' cults and miracles
—Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg
5 Priestly women, virginal men: litanies and their discontents
—Felice Lifshitz
Notes
Bibliography
List of contributors
Index

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      Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
      Publication Date: 09/03/2010
      ISBN13: 9780812220131, 978-0812220131
      ISBN10: 0812220137
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Gender and Christianity in Medieval Europe seeks to explain the convergence of religion and gender in medieval Christendom. Essays in the volume examine how Europeans identified themselves as women, men, and Christians, and how these identities influenced religious belief and practice in everyday life.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction. Convent ruins and Christian profession: toward a methodology for the history of religion and gender
      —Lisa M. Bitel
      1 Tertullian, the angelic life, and the bride of Christ
      —Dyan Elliott
      2 One flesh, two sexes, three genders?
      —Jacqueline Murray
      3 Thomas Aquinas's chastity belt: clerical masculinity in medieval Europe
      —Ruth Mazo Karras
      4 Women's monasteries and sacred space: the promotion of saints' cults and miracles
      —Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg
      5 Priestly women, virginal men: litanies and their discontents
      —Felice Lifshitz
      Notes
      Bibliography
      List of contributors
      Index

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