Church Mother: The Writings of a Protestant Reformer in Sixteenth-Century Germany

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Katharina Schutz Zell Elsie McKee

Church Mother

The Writings of a Protestant Reformer in Sixteenth-Century Germany

Katharina Schutz Zell, Elsie McKee

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University of Chicago Press
01 April 2006

Biography: religious & spiritual; The Early Church; Protestantism & Protestant Churches

Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series

Imbued with character and independence, strength and articulateness, humor and conviction, abundant biblical knowledge and intense compassion, Katharina Schütz Zell (1498–1562) was an outspoken religious reformer in sixteenth-century Germany who campaigned for the right of clergy to marry and the responsibility of lay people—women as well as men—to proclaim the Gospel. As one of the first and most daring models of the pastor’s wife in the Protestant Reformation, Schütz Zell demonstrated that she could be an equal partner in marriage; she was for many years a respected, if unofficial, mother of the established church of Strasbourg in an age when ecclesiastical leadership was dominated by men.

Though a commoner, Schütz Zell participated actively in public life and wrote prolifically, including letters of consolation, devotional writings, biblical meditations, catechetical instructions, a sermon, and lengthy polemical exchanges with male theologians. The complete translations of her extant publications, except for her longest, are collected here in Church Mother, offering modern readers a rare opportunity to understand the important work of women in the formation of the early Protestant church.

By: Katharina Schutz Zell
Translated by: Elsie McKee
Imprint: University of Chicago Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 23mm, Width: 17mm, Spine: 2mm
Weight: 510g
ISBN: 9780226979670
ISBN 10: 0226979679
Series: The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe: The Toronto Series
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 April 2006
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elsie McKee is professor of church history at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the editor of the collected works of Katharina Schutz Zell in German and author of the companion biographical volume.

Reviews for Church Mother: The Writings of a Protestant Reformer in Sixteenth-Century Germany

"""The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe series allows little-known women's voices to be heard, with translations of sixteenth- to eighteenth-century European texts. The approach is feminist, and each volume is prefaced with a historical account of the systematic oppression and frustration of women."" - Maya Slater, Times Literary Supplement"""