A modest apostle [electronic resource] : Thecla and the history of women in the early church / Susan E. Hylen.

A modest apostle [electronic resource] : Thecla and the history of women in the early church / Susan E. Hylen.

9780190243845 (electronic book)

New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.

English

1 online resource (xiii, 182 pages) : illustrations

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190243821 doi

BR1720.T33 H95 2015eb

270.1092

'A Modest Apostle' studies women's leadership in the early church. Susan Hylen argues that complex cultural norms for women's behaviour encouraged both the modesty and leadership of women, as exemplified by Thecla. Hylen's approach points to a new way of understanding women in the early church that insists upon the historical reality of women's leadership without neglecting the effects of the culture's gender biases.

'A Modest Apostle' studies women's leadership in the early church. Susan Hylen argues that complex cultural norms for women's behaviour encouraged both the modesty and leadership of women, as exemplified by Thecla. Hylen's approach points to a new way of understanding women in the early church that insists upon the historical reality of women's leadership without neglecting the effects of the culture's gender biases.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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