Madigan / Osiek Ordained Women in the Early Church

A Documentary History
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4214-0157-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

In a time when the ordination of women is an ongoing and passionate debate, the study of women's ministry in the early church is a timely and significant one. There is much evidence from documents, doctrine, and artifacts that supports the acceptance of women as presbyters and deacons in the early church. While this evidence has been published previously, it has never before appeared in one complete English-language collection.

With this book, church historians Kevin Madigan and Carolyn Osiek present fully translated literary, epigraphical, and canonical references to women in early church offices. Through these documents, Madigan and Osiek seek to understand who these women were and how they related to and were received by, the church through the sixth century. They chart women's participation in church office and their eventual exclusion from its leadership roles.

The editors introduce each document with a detailed headnote that contextualizes the text and discusses specific issues of interpretation and meaning. They also provide bibliographical notes and cross-reference original texts. Madigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Madigan, Kevin

Osiek, Carolyn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Source Abbreviations
1. Introduction
2. New Testament Texts and Their Patristic Commentators
Romans 16:1–2
1 Timothy 3:8–11
1 Timothy 5:3–13
3. Women Deacons in the East: Literary Texts, Literary Allusions, Inscriptions
Literary Texts and Allusion
Insciptions
4. Women Deacons in the East: Canons and Comments on Church Practice
Didascalia and Apostolic Constitutions
Other Sources before the Sixth Century, in Chronological Order
Justinian, Novellae
5. Women Deacons in the East: Later Texts
6. Women Deacons in the West
Literary Texts
Inscriptions
Canons and Comments on Church Practice
7. Women Deacons: Testamentum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi and Related Texts
8. Women Presyters
In the East
Literary Texts, Canonical, and Legendary
Inscriptions
In the West
Wives of Clerics
Three North Africans against Women Presbyters
Canons and Episcopal Letters
Inscriptions
9. Conclusions
Appendixes
A. Locations of Deacon Inscriptions
B. Locations of Deacons in Literary Sources
C. Locations of Presbyters
D. Family Relationships Identified for Women in Inscriptions
Index of Ancient Names
Index of Deaconesses, Presbyters, and Episcopa
Index of Modern Authors

Über Autor(innen)

Osiek, Carolyn
Carolyn Osiek is the Charles Fischer Professor of New Testament (retired), Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.

Madigan, Kevin
Kevin Madigan is the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University.

Kevin Madigan is the Winn Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University. Carolyn Osiek is the Charles Fischer Professor of New Testament (retired), Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University.