Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. ABBREVIATIONS xi
5. FOREWORD xiii
6. INTRODUCTION 1
7. I. EARLY VOICES, EARLY WOMEN’S MINISTRY
8. CHAPTER I.1 LYDIA: SPEAKING UP TO THE APOSTLES 17
9. CHAPTER I.2 THE VOICE OF ST. THEKLA: INWARDLY TUNED BY GOD1 41
10. CHAPTER I.3 QUEEN TRYPHAENA: THE LORD’S REFUGE IN HOSPITALITY 57
11. CHAPTER I.4 PERPETUA’S STORY IN HER OWN WORDS: HOPE FACING MARTYRDOM 67
12. II. THE LONG BYZANTINE HYMN OF PRAISE
13. CHAPTER II.1 ST. HELENA: BECOMING A CHRISTIAN ROMAN EMPRESS 85
14. CHAPTER II.2 DIVINE FIRE: THE MYSTIC ST. SYNCLETICA SPEAKS 103
15. CHAPTER II.3 ST. MACRINA: TEACHING GREGORY OF NYSSA ON THE PROGRESS OF THE SOUL 115
16. CHAPTER II.4 THE DEACONESS OLYMPIAS: SOULMATE OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM 127
17. CHAPTER II.5 THE HYMNOGRAPHER KASSIA: CHANTING THE INCARNATION 143
18. III. NEW THEKLAS AND NEW HELENAS
19. CHAPTER III.1 EMPRESSES SPEAK OF PHILANTHROPIA: FOLLOWING THE COMMAND OF CHRIST 159
20. CHAPTER III.2 ANNA KOMNENE’S ALEXIAD: THE VOICE OF THE GOOD DAUGHTER (KALE THUGATER) 177
21. BIBLIOGRAPHY 195
22. INDICES 217