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Women saints in world religions / edited by Arvind Sharma.

Contributor(s): Sharma, Arvind
Material type: TextTextSeries: McGill studies in the history of religions: Publisher: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xi, 244 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0791446204 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0791446190 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Women saintsDDC classification: 200/.92/2 | B LOC classification: BL488 | .W65 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction / Katherine K. Young -- Dolce of Worms: women saints in Judaism / Judith R. Baskin -- Reclaiming an ancient story: Baudonivia's Life of St. Radegund (circa 525-587) / Marie Anne Mayeski (with Jane Crawford) -- Muslim sainthood, women, and the legend of Sayyida Nafisa / Valerie J. Hoffman -- Janābāī: a woman saint of India / Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande -- Women Ch'an masters: the teacher Miao-tsung as saint / Miriam Levering -- Pien Tung-hsüan: a Taoist woman saint of the T'ang Dynasty (618-907) / Suzanne Cahill.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction / Katherine K. Young -- Dolce of Worms: women saints in Judaism / Judith R. Baskin -- Reclaiming an ancient story: Baudonivia's Life of St. Radegund (circa 525-587) / Marie Anne Mayeski (with Jane Crawford) -- Muslim sainthood, women, and the legend of Sayyida Nafisa / Valerie J. Hoffman -- Janābāī: a woman saint of India / Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande -- Women Ch'an masters: the teacher Miao-tsung as saint / Miriam Levering -- Pien Tung-hsüan: a Taoist woman saint of the T'ang Dynasty (618-907) / Suzanne Cahill.

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