The Life of Lady Johanna Eleonora Petersen, Written by Herself: Pietism and Women's Autobiography in Seventeenth-Century Germany

by Johanna Eleonora Petersen

Book Overview

In a time when the Pauline dictum decreed that women be silent in matters of the Church, Johanna Eleonora Petersen (1644-1724) was a pioneering author of religious books, insisting on her right to speak out as a believer above her male counterparts. Publishing her readings of the Gospels and the Book of Revelation as well as her thoughts on theology in general, Petersen and her writings created controversy, especially in orthodox circles, and she...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226662993
• ISBN13: 9780226662992
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"