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Episcopacy, Authority, and Gender: Aspects of Religious Leadership in Europe, 1100-2000

Episcopacy, Authority, and Gender: Aspects of Religious Leadership in Europe, 1100-2000

Hardcover

Religion General General European History

ISBN10: 9004303111
ISBN13: 9789004303119
Publisher: Brill
Published: Sep 10 2015
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
What is the base of religious leadership and how has it changed over the centuries? This volume presents a range of actors, both men and women, who, in a variety of historical contexts, claimed to be the living voices or intermediaries of God. The essays analyse the foundation of their authoritative claims and ask how and how far they succeeded in securing obedience from the Christians to whom they addressed their message. Religious authority is not understood as a monolithic entity but as something derived from many sources and claims. Whatever the national background, whether ordained or supposedly appointed through divine intervention, the histories of the people portrayed underline the long-term manifestations and multifaceted nature of Christian identity.

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