Author : Christopher M. Flavin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1498592732
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)
Book Synopsis Constructions of Feminine Identity in the Catholic Tradition by : Christopher M. Flavin
Download or read book Constructions of Feminine Identity in the Catholic Tradition written by Christopher M. Flavin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-01-08 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christopher M. Flavin examines the ways in which late classical medieval women’s writings serve as a means of emphasizing both faith and social identity within a distinctly Christian, and later Catholic, tradition, which remains a major part of the understanding of faith and the self. Flavin focuses on key texts from the lives of desert saints and the Passio Perpetua to the autobiographies of Counter-Reformation women like Teresa of Ávila to illustrate the connections between the self and the divine.