A woman's place : house churches in earliest Christianity - Osiek, Carolyn; MacDonald, Margaret Y.; Tulloch, Janet H. (Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2006)
Dutiful and less than dutiful wives -- Giving birth : labor, nursing, and care of infants in house-church communities -- Growing up in house-church communities -- Female slaves : twice vulnerable -- Ephesians 5 and the politics of marriage -- Women leaders of households and Christian assemblies -- Women leaders in family funerary banquets / Janet H. Tulloch -- Women patrons in the life of house churches -- Women as agents of expansion -- Conclusion: discovering a woman's place.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-330) and indexes.
Keywords: House churches; Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Women in church work; Women in Christianity; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.