Rodney R. Hutton contends that the generally presupposed antithesis between the "charismatic" and the "institutional" in the Hebrew Bible is a false dichotomy. With regard to judges, prophets, prie…
A compilation of essays on the role of women in the institutional and ordained leadership of Western religion. The authors discuss religious women as charismatic leaders, holy women, martyrs, disse…
John Chrisostom, the golden mouth, the greatest preacher in the early curch and a key figure during the transition from the ancient to the Byzantine and medieval worlds, is known as a vehement crit…