Band of Angels by Kate Cooper
The story of the beginnings of Christianity, told as never before. Band of Angels uncovers the vital role women played in spreading the Christian religion and seeks to restore their rightful place in history.
The lives of early Christian women are cleverly pieced together in this engaging history * Observer *
A highly readable and important work of the history of religion * Daily Telegraph *
Cooper's strength is her combination of an ancient historian's eye for detail with a storyteller's narrative skill.. Cooper has produced a fine piece of detective work and a gripping tale of many remarkable, forgotten women. * Independent *
Band of Angels is the best kind of popular history... Cooper's rediscovery of these women rescues them from a fate as silent pastelled saints and virgins in the frescoes of many churches. * New Statesman *
This remarkable book is the best sort of engaged history, looking at familiar texts in new ways, while also revealing unfamiliar personalities and sources covering five centuries of early Christian development. It offers reflection on the meanings for contemporary Christian Churches which emerge from the stories that it tells. It makes an elegant and enjoyable contribution to unravelling centuries of unwarranted assumptions about the role of women in ministry and Christian life. -- Diarmaid MacCulloch
A highly readable and important work of the history of religion * Daily Telegraph *
Cooper's strength is her combination of an ancient historian's eye for detail with a storyteller's narrative skill.. Cooper has produced a fine piece of detective work and a gripping tale of many remarkable, forgotten women. * Independent *
Band of Angels is the best kind of popular history... Cooper's rediscovery of these women rescues them from a fate as silent pastelled saints and virgins in the frescoes of many churches. * New Statesman *
This remarkable book is the best sort of engaged history, looking at familiar texts in new ways, while also revealing unfamiliar personalities and sources covering five centuries of early Christian development. It offers reflection on the meanings for contemporary Christian Churches which emerge from the stories that it tells. It makes an elegant and enjoyable contribution to unravelling centuries of unwarranted assumptions about the role of women in ministry and Christian life. -- Diarmaid MacCulloch
Kate Cooper is Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester. Her academic titles have explored the role of virgins in early Christianity (The Virgin and the Bride) and of women and the family during the decline and fall of the Roman Empire (The Fall of the Roman Household). Born in Washington, DC and educated at Princeton, Harvard and Wesleyan universities, she is a Rome Prize winner and Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848873285 |
| ISBN 10 | 184887328X |
| Title | Band of Angels |
| Author | Kate Cooper |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Atlantic Books |
| Year published | 2013-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
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