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Kassia the Nun offers a unique glimpse into ninth-century Byzantium as the only woman whose works were included in the corpus of liturgical hymns. This volume explores Kassia’s thought on Christology, on gender, and on monasticism itself. Kurt Sherry’s analysis provides readers with an opportunity to know this woman of remarkable intellect, wit, and piety by drawing primarily on her own words. He critically examines the most famous vignette of her life: a heated exchange of wits with the Emperor Theophilos, whereupon he married a rival. Sherry examines the way Kassia articulated the partisan theology of the iconophiles. Kassia’s is one of the only female voices from ninth-century Byzantium and this volume accordingly examines her reflections on gender in the context of her society and concludes that she represents a perspective that might be described as feminist. The last chapter evaluates Kassia’s philosophy of monasticism and puts her forward as a true "Mother of the Church". This volume also contains appendices helpful for both the scholar and layperson alike, including new English translations of certain relevant texts.

Kassianē, --- Cassia, --- Eikasia, --- Ikasia, --- Kasia, --- Kasianē, --- Kasija, --- Kassia, --- Касија, --- 271 <1-11> --- 271 <1-11> Kloosterwezen. Religieuze orden en congregaties. Monachisme--Oosten --- 271 <1-11> Ordres religieux. Congregations religieuses. Monachisme--Oosten --- Kloosterwezen. Religieuze orden en congregaties. Monachisme--Oosten --- Ordres religieux. Congregations religieuses. Monachisme--Oosten --- Kassianē, --- Cassia (ou Cassiana) mon. hymnogr. --- Kassianē, - approximately 810 --- -271 <1-11> --- -Kassianē, --- -Kassianē,

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Female monks have been discussed within the spheres of socio-history, theology, and literary analysis, but no comprehensive study has focused on their historical and gendered context until now. This book reexamines their hagiographies to reveal that female protagonists possess a holy womanhood regardless of having layers of masculinity applied to their characters. Each masculine layer is scrutinized to explore its purpose in the plots and the plausible motivations for the utilization of transvestite figures in religious literature. Hagiographers had no intention of transforming their religious protagonists into anything but determined, holy women who are forced to act drastically in order to sustain ascetic dreams begun while mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters. Through an intertextual method, masculinity and literary themes work to contextualize praise for a holy womanhood within an acceptable gendered language, which seems to support a belief in the spiritual potential of women. This book highlights the potential for complex irony to develop around a female transvestite, which supplies religious tales with intrigue and interest, an ability to instruct/chastise mixed audiences, and a potential to portray the reversal inherent in the human drama of salvation.

Women in Christianity --- Monastic and religious life --- Transvestism --- Femmes dans le christianisme --- Vie religieuse et monastique --- Travestisme --- History --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Histoire --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Cross-dressing --- Christianity. --- 271 <1-11> --- 271 <1-11> Kloosterwezen. Religieuze orden en congregaties. Monachisme--Oosten --- 271 <1-11> Ordres religieux. Congregations religieuses. Monachisme--Oosten --- Kloosterwezen. Religieuze orden en congregaties. Monachisme--Oosten --- Ordres religieux. Congregations religieuses. Monachisme--Oosten --- Monastic life --- Spirituality (in religious orders, congregations, etc.) --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Monasticism and religious orders --- Spiritual life --- Vows --- Crossdressing --- Eonism --- Psychosexual disorders --- Christian hagiography --- To 1500 --- Monastic and religious life of women --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- Human body --- Coptic Church --- Paraphilias --- Travestisme - Histoire --- Travestissement