Luther on Women - A Sourcebook

Informationen zum Autor Merry Wiesner is Professor of History and Director! Comparative Study of Religion Program and the Center for Women's Studies! University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Susan Karant-Nunn is Professor of History and Director! Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies! University of Arizona. Klappentext This collection brings together a wide selection of Martin Luther's extensive writings on women. Zusammenfassung This collection brings together a wide selection of Martin Luther's extensive writings on women! the vast majority of them translated into English for the first time. The book makes Luther's sermons! lectures! pamphlets! polemic writings! letters and informal 'table talk' accessible to English-speaking scholars! students and general readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Eve and the nature of women; 3. Mary; 4. Biblical women other than Eve and Mary; 5. Marriage and the family; 6. Sexuality; 7. Childbirth; 8. Katharina von Bora, Luther's wife; 9. Luther and other contemporary women; 10. Witchcraft and magic; Further reading; Index.

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• Authors: Susan C. Karant-Nunn, Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks
• Assisted by: Susan C. Karant-Nunn (Editor), Susan C. Karant-Nunn (Translation), Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.03.2003
• EAN: 9780521658843
• ISBN: 978-0-521-65884-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories