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Women and self-sacrifice in the Christian church :

Magli, Ida.

Women and self-sacrifice in the Christian church : a cultural history from the first to the nineteenth century / Ida Magli ; translated by Janet Sethre. - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2003. - v, 304 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index.

The trauma inflicted by Jesus : women exist -- Women as Christ's "males" -- A grand invention : let us go outside the world -- The religious system of fashion -- Mysticism and culture -- A custom-made lover : God -- In love until death -- If this is a woman -- Self-annihilation in order to exist -- Acting so as to exist -- Religious women invent the "welfare state" -- New martyrs.

0786414073 (alk. paper)

2002155761


Women in Christianity--History.
Self-sacrifice--History.

BV639.W7 / M256 2003

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