Church Mother: The Writings of a Protestant Reformer in Sixteenth-Century Germany

by Katharina Schütz Zell

Book Overview

Imbued with character and independence, strength and articulateness, humor and conviction, abundant biblical knowledge and intense compassion, Katharina Sch tz Zell (1498-1562) was an outspoken religious reformer in sixteenth-century Germany who campaigned for the right of clergy to marry and the responsibility of lay people--women as well as men--to proclaim the Gospel. As one of the first and most daring models of the pastor's wife in the Protestant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226979679
• ISBN13: 9780226979670
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"