Title
Theology and Culture: Masculinizing the Woman
Document Type
Book Chapter
Department or Administrative Unit
World Languages
Publication Date
1-2003
Abstract
In the modern world, interest in religious devotion is as great as ever. This volume brings together the research of ten scholars into the diverse ways that Europeans expressed their quest for God over more than a millennium, from the formative centuries of Christianity up to the seventeenth century. Topics include women transvestite saints, Monophysite wall-paintings, Anglo-Saxon sainthood and painful martyrdom, Carmelite self-redefinition, the confident authorship of Gautier de Coinci and Matfre Ermengaud, competition between the bishop and a wandering preacher for popular favor in Le Mans, the contemplative philanthropies of the Poor Clares, Chester Nativity-cycle actors’ masculinity, Jean Gerson’s warm relations with his siblings, and George Herbert’s Eucharistic feeling. The authors’ profound familiarity with primary sources as well as the influence of current theory makes these essays vibrant and timely.
Recommended Citation
Abdalla, Laila. "Theology and Culture: Masculinizing the Woman." In Varieties of Devotion in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 17-37. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols Publishers, 2003.
Rights
© 2003, Brepols Publishers n.v., Turnhout, Belgium.
Comments
This book chapter was originally published in Varieties of Devotion in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The chapter from the publisher can be found here.
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