From Virile Woman to WomanChrist

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Author	: Barbara Newman
Publisher	: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages	: 376
Release	: 1995
ISBN-10	: 0812215451
ISBN-13	: 9780812215458
Rating	: 4/5 (51 Downloads)

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Book Synopsis From Virile Woman to WomanChrist by : Barbara Newman

Book excerpt: "Barbara Newman has written an erudite and wonderful book. . . . From Virile Woman to WomanChrist should be required reading in every university-level women's studies course."—Caroline Walker Bynum, The Catholic Historical Review

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