Università Roma Tre

Women in Modern Christianity

Starting from the historiographical discussion on the relationship between the feminine and the sacred, the course intends to analyse models and experiences of the presence and role of women within Christian Churches, ecclesiastical institutions and religious life, highlighting their paths and their evolution in the last two centuries in conjunction with the epochal changes in society, customs and culture that have involved women and their social, cultural and religious status. Sources produced by women themselves or concerning them and historiographical debates on the presence and role of women in life and management of Churches and in the related spirituality will be taken into consideration.

- Source dossier provided by the teacher through the online bulletin board.
- PAOLA GAIOTTI DE BIASE, Vissuto religioso e secolarizzazione. Le donne nella “rivoluzione più lunga”, Roma, Studium, 2006.
- Donne cristiane e sacerdozio. Dalle origini all’età contemporanea, a cura di DINORA CORSI, Roma, Viella, 2004, pp. 217-271.