The life of Lady Johanna Eleonora Petersen, written by herself [electronic resource] : pietism and women's autobiography in seventeenth-century Germany / edited and translated by Barbara Becker-Cantarino.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: Other voice in early modern EuropePublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2005.Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 140 p.)ISBN: - 9780226663005 (electronic bk.)
- 0226663000 (electronic bk.)
- 9780226662985 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 0226662985 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780226662992 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0226662993 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Leben Frauen Joh. Eleonora Petersen, Gebohrner von und zu Merlau. English
- 273/.7 B 22
- BR1653.P47 A3 2005eb
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-134) and index.
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 became a voice for the radical Pietists?those most at odds with Lutheran ministers and their teachings. But she defended her lay religious calling an.
Translated from the German.
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