TY  - GEN
T1  - From virile woman to womanChrist : studies in medieval religion and literature
T2  - Middle Ages series.
A1  - Newman, Barbara, 1953-
LA  - English
PP  - Philadelphia
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press
YR  - 1995
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44954070
AB  - Why did hagiographers of the late Middle Ages praise mothers for abandoning small children? How did a group of female mystics come to define themselves as "apostles to the dead" and end by challenging God's right to damn? Why did certain heretics around 1300 venerate a woman as the Holy Spirit incarnate and another as the Angelic Pope?In From Virile Woman to WomanChrist, Barbara Newman asks these and other questions to trace a gradual and ambiguous transition in the gender strategies of medieval religious women. An egalitarian strain in early Christianity affirmed that once she asserted her commitment to Christ through a vow of chastity, monastic profession, or renunciation of family ties, a woman could become "virile," or equal to a man. While the ideal of the "virile woman" never disappeared, another ideal slowly evolved in medieval Christianity. By virtue of some gender-related trait--spotless virginity, erotic passion, the capacity for intense suffering, the ability to imagine a feminine aspect of the Godhead--a devout woman could be not only equal, but superior to men; without becoming male, she could become a "womanChrist," imitating and representing Christ in uniquely feminine ways.Rooted in women's concrete aspirations and sufferings, Newman's "womanChrist" model straddles the bounds of orthodoxy and heresy to illuminate the farther reaches of female religious behavior in the Middle Ages. From Virile Woman to WomanChrist will generate compelling discussion in the fields of medieval literature and history, history of religion, theology, and women's studies.
OP  - 355
CN  - BV639.W7 N48 1995eb
SN  - 0585172803
SN  - 9780585172804
SN  - 9780812200263
SN  - 0812200268
SN  - 1283891891
SN  - 9781283891899
SN  - 0812232739
SN  - 0812215451
SN  - 9780812232738
SN  - 9780812215458
KW  - Women in Christianity : History.
KW  - Women in literature : History.
KW  - Literature, Medieval : History and criticism.
KW  - Church history : Middle Ages, 600-1500.
KW  - Middle Ages.
KW  - Femmes dans le christianisme : Histoire.
KW  - Femmes dans la littérature : Histoire.
KW  - Littérature médiévale : Histoire et critique.
KW  - Église : Histoire : 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
KW  - Moyen Âge.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : Medieval.
KW  - Church history : Middle Ages
KW  - Literature, Medieval
KW  - Middle Ages
KW  - Women in Christianity
KW  - Women in literature
KW  - Frauenmystik
KW  - Christentum
KW  - Frau
KW  - Christendom.
KW  - Vrouwen.
KW  - 600-1500
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
KW  - History
ER  -