Singleness of Heart Gender, Sin, and Holiness in Historical Perspective

by Leclerc, Diane; Maddox, Randy L.

• ISBN13: 9780810841505
• ISBN10: 0810841509
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-10-23
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

This book, in light of recent feminist theology on the doctrine of sin, attempts to provide historical support for such feminist considerations. It examines fourth-century church fathers, John Wesley, and Phoebe Palmer as places where an alternative of traditional definitional definition, pride, can be found.

Author Biography

Diane Leclerc is Professor of Historical Theology at Northwest Nazarene University, where she has taught since 1998.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Randy L. Maddox
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Abbreviations	xvii
``Missing the Mark'': Augustine's Skewed Aim and Feminist Critique	1	(24)
``Female Men of God'': The Ascetic Theory and Practice of Jerome, Chrysostom, and Augustine	25	(36)
``Female Brethren'': Women and the Unwitting Wisdom of John Wesley	61	(44)
``Dignified Daughters'': Entire Devotion and the Emancipated Praxis of Phoebe Palmer	105	(36)
Sin of the (M)other: A Wesleyan-Holiness-Feminist Hamartiology	141	(26)
Appendix John Wesley's Correspondence with Women	167	(6)
Bibliography	173	(18)
Index	191	(4)
About the Author	195