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

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

by Luise Schottroff (Author), Luise Schottroff (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 245
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Westminster/John Knox Press
Published: 01 Oct 1995

ISBN 10: 9780664226
ISBN 13: 9780664226084

Author Bio
Luise Schottroff teaches New Testament and feminist theology at the University of Kassel in Germany, and is the author of numerous books and articles, including Let the Oppressed Go Free (WJK).