A woman's place house churches in earliest Christianity Osiek, Carolyn. creator MacDonald, Margaret Y. Tulloch, Janet H. text bibliography biography mnu Minneapolis, MN Fortress Press c2006 2006 monographic eng
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vi, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. 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. Carolyn Osiek and Margaret Y. MacDonald, with Janet H. Tulloch. Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-330) and indexes. House churches Sex role Religious aspects Christianity Women in church work Women in Christianity Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 BV601.85 .O85 2006 270.1/082 0800637774 (pbk) 0800637771 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2005024274 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024274.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024274.html DLC 160114 20250312110404.0 14079758