Redeemed bodies : [manuscript] : women martyrs in early Christianity /

Streete, Gail Corrington, 1949-

Redeemed bodies : women martyrs in early Christianity / [manuscript] : Gail P.C. Streete. - Louisville : Westminster John Knox Press, c2009. - xii, 177 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-163) and indexes.

The power of bodies -- Body talk : the martyr's "voice" -- Tough mothers and female contenders : Perpetua and Felicitas -- The nakedness of Thecla -- Why martyrs matter.

9780664233297 (pbk)

2009001912


Perpetua, Saint, -203.
Felicity, Saint, -203.
Thecla, Saint.


Passio SS. Perpetuae et Felicitatis.
Acts of Paul and Thecla.


Christian women martyrs--History.--Rome

BR1604.23 / .S76 2009

272/.1082