Life of Lady Johanna Eleonora Petersen, Written By Herself - Pietism and Women''s Autobiography in Seventeenth-Century Germany

Zusammenfassung In a time when the Pauline dictum decreed that women be silent in matters of the Church, Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644-1724) was a pioneering author of religious books, insisting on her right to speak out as a believer above her male counterparts.

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• Authors: Johanna Eleonora Petersen, Petersen Johanna Eleonora
• Assisted by: Barbara Becker-Cantarino (Translation), Becker-Cantarino Barbara (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.04.2005
• EAN: 9780226662985
• ISBN: 978-0-226-66298-5
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, Germany, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Autobiography: religious & spiritual, Autobiography: religious and spiritual, C 1600 To C 1700, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Other Nonconformist & Evangelical Churches, Other Nonconformist and Evangelical Churches