Subordination and Equivalence

The Nature and Role of Woman in Augustine and Thomas Aquinas.

The author presents a systematic exposition of the teaching of Augustine and Thomas on the nature and key role of women together with quotations from their writings. She believes that the ideology of the future must reject the androcentrism of Augustine and Thomas and accept a new theory of the huma...

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Bibliographic Details
Author:Kari Elisabeth Børresen
Published: University Press of America, Washington, 1981
Notes:Text and citations translated from the revised French original by Charles H. Talbot.
Total Pages:XIX-369
Format:Book
Topic:- Doctrine > Man > Augustinian anthropology > [Femme et homme] > Woman
- Influence and Survival > The Middle Ages (430-1453) > Influence on the various authors and writings > Thomas of Aquin (+/- 1225-1274)
Status:Needs Review
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Summary:The author presents a systematic exposition of the teaching of Augustine and Thomas on the nature and key role of women together with quotations from their writings. She believes that the ideology of the future must reject the androcentrism of Augustine and Thomas and accept a new theory of the human being with emphasis on the equivalence of the sexes.