TY - BOOK AU - Magli,Ida TI - Women and self-sacrifice in the Christian church: a cultural history from the first to the nineteenth century SN - 0786414073 (alk. paper) AV - BV639.W7 M256 2003 U1 - 270/.082 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Jefferson, N.C. PB - McFarland & Co. KW - Women in Christianity KW - History KW - Self-sacrifice N1 - 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 ER -