Tell your friends about this item:
Women and Faith: Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present Lucetta Scaraffia
Women and Faith: Catholic Religious Life in Italy from Late Antiquity to the Present
Lucetta Scaraffia
Feminist thought has wrestled with the question of whether religion has been principally responsible for the oppression of women or instead has provided access to culture, public life, and—sometimes—power. This study of Italian women and Catholicism from the fourth through the twentieth century reflects this conflict.
432 pages, 60 halftones in four 12 page sections
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 1, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674954786 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 432 |
| Dimensions | 239 × 165 × 32 mm · 812 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Botsford, Keith |