Lady Church in the Christian Imagination
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-76625-8 (ISBN)
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How did Lady Church become a theological person and literary figure in patristic, medieval, and early modern texts? In this study, Lora Walsh recovers a feminine figure whose historical prominence has been overlooked. She traces the development of Lady Church in medieval and early modern England, providing new information and interpretations of works by well-known authors, including John Wyclif, William Langland, John Foe, and John Donne, among others. She also identifies significant changes and previously unrecognized continuities in religious culture from the medieval era into early modernity. Walsh incorporates literary texts into the field of historical theology, exploring their theological background and identifying the unique contributions of literature to ecclesiological thought. She demonstrates that the feminine image of the Church was not simply a rhetorical convention. Rather, it forms part of a rich tradition that many authors conceptually refined and vividly reimagined over more than a millenium of religious history.
Lora Walsh is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Arkansas. Her essays on religion and literature have appeared in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, Journal of Early Christian Studies, Studies in the Age of Chaucer, Anglican and Episcopal History, Yearbook of Langland Studies, and Harvard Theological Review.
Introduction; 1. Christ's consort: ecclesiological types in the Matthean genealogy of Jesus; 2. Christ's coregent: the preexistent and incarnate Church in high medieval exegesis; 3. Wyclif's mother: mater ecclesia among father, son, and Holy Spirit; 4. Wyclif's other mother: mater ecclesia and mater scriptura; 5. Wyclif's lady, Dymmok's queen: the feminine church in partisan form; 6. Langland's dame: holy church as romance heroine; 7. The lanterne of Liȝt's virgin: distinctive consolations of the true church; 8. Foxe's Hera: performing ecclesia in exile; 9. Her mother's daughter: lady church catholic and reformed; 10. Donne's whore: the church laid open; Conclusion: lady church as Christian goddess; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 500 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-76625-2 / 1009766252 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-76625-8 / 9781009766258 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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