| Description |
347 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Gospel of Mary (c. 100s) -- Acts of Paul and Thecla / Thecla (c. 150-200) -- The martyrdom of Perpetua / Perpetua (203) -- Acts of the martyrs : The martyrs of Lyons / Blandina (177-8) ; The martyrdom of Agapê, Irenê, and Chionê and companions (304) ; The martyrdom of Crispina (304) -- On the soul and the Resurrection / Macrina (380) -- Jerome's Letter CVIII "To Eustochium, memorials of her mother, Paula" / Paula -- Pilgrimage / Egeria (404-417) -- Life of Saint Leoba / Leoba (late 700s) -- Manual / Dhuoda (841) -- Dulcitius / Hrotsvit of Gandersheim (mid 900s) -- The visions of St. Hildegard / Hildegard of Bingen (1141) -- Letters and visions / Hadewijch of Brabant (c. 1200s) -- The seven manners of love / Beatrice of Nazareth (1237-68) -- The rule of Saint Clare / Clare of Assisi (c. 1250) -- The flowing light of the Godhead / Mechthild of Magdeburg (1250-70) -- The book of divine consolation / Angela de Foligno (late 1200s) -- The mirror of simple souls / Marguerite Porete (late 1200s) -- Revelations / Birgitta of Sweden (late 1300s) -- Showings / Julian of Norwich (c. 1373) -- Dialogue / Catherine of Siena (1378) -- The spiritual dialogue / Catherine of Genoa (late 1400s) -- Poetry / Vittoria Colonna (early 1500s) -- The interior castle / Teresa of Avila (1577) -- Letters of spiritual direction / Jane de Chantal (1625-39) -- Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz / Juana Inés de la Cruz (1690) -- Spiritual torrents / Madame Jeanne Guyon (late 1600s) -- Letters and writings / Susanna Wesley (1709-25) -- Testimonies / Ann Lee (1826) -- Autobiography / Jarena Lee (early 1800s) -- Entire devotion to God / Phoebe Palmer (1845) -- Likeness to Christ / Lucretia Mott (1849) -- The open secret / Hannah Whitall Smith (1875) -- An autobiography / Amanda Berry Smith (1893) -- The woman's Bible / Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1895-98) -- A testimony / Pandita Ramabai (1907) -- Understanding the Christian faith / Georgia Harkness (1947). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-347). |
| Subject |
Women in Christianity -- History -- Sources.
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Christian life.
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| Added Author |
Oden, Amy, 1958-
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| ISBN |
0687459729 paperback alkaline paper |
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