Women and Christianity: From the Reformation to the 21st Century

by Mary T Malone

Overview

Malone concludes her historical trilogy on the contributions of Christian women through the ages in this final volume that spans the Reformation in the 16th century to today, covering such issues as women's religious communities, women missionaries in the New World, and women mystics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781570754753
Publisher:	Orbis Books
Publication date:	07/28/2003
Series:	Women and Christianity (Paperback) , #3
Pages:	280
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
1	Continuity and Change	11
2	Women and the Reformation	35
3	Teresa of Avila and Catholic Reform	63
4	New Women's Communities: Education and Health	89
5	Women Missionaries to the New World	126
6	Protestant Women: Philosophers, Missionaries and Mystics	152
7	The Marian Age	180
8	The Feminist Challenge	206
9	Seeking a Spirituality for Women	237
10	Towards an Inclusive Global Ethic	268
	Conclusion	299
	Bibliography	302
	Notes	311
	Index of People and Places	327