Project 4: Women Religious Biography Grading Checklist
Instructions: A list of female theologians will be passed out in class. You will sign up or be assigned one of these female theologians for research; there must be two students in each group; if there is an odd number in the class, there will be one group of three.
Peer Editor: ____________________
Women Religious Grading Checklist:
General Paper Requirements
Grammar and Spelling: __________
Usage and Clarity: _______________
Parenthetical Citations: ____________
Organization: ____________________
Header: _________________________
MLA Works Cited:_______________
Specific Content Requirements
• Historical Location/Significance:____
• Major Tenets/Influences on their Theology: __________________________________
• Influence on Christianity/WCB:______
• Other Areas of Interest/Facts:_______
Adequate Investigation/Research:____
Adequate Explana
History of Christianity - Instructor: Shaffer
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Juliana of Norwich, mystic (1342 C.E.) v. Margery Kempe, mystic (1373 C.E.) v. Theresa of Avila, mystic 1st Woman Dr. of the Church (1515 C.E.) |
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Helena, first Christian archaeologist, mother of Constantine (274 C.E.) v. Monica, mother of Augustine (331 C.E.)
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Olga, influential wife, cruel regent seeking retribution (954 C.E.) v. St. Quiteria of Portugal, influential wife, Christian rebel with a cause (477 C.E.) v. Katherine von Bora, ex-nun & influential wife of Martin Luther (1499 C.E.) |
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Theodora, wife of Justinian (548 C.E.) v. St. Mary of Egypt, seductress and hermit (344 C.E.) |
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Claire of Assisi, nursing plague victims (1212 C.E.) v. St. Scholastica, assisting her brother in nursing plague victims (480 C.E.) v. Catherine of Siena (1347 C.E.)
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Bernadette Soubirous of Lourdes, lame with visions of Mary, healed others (1844 C.E.) v. Margaret of Castello, born blind, nursed the sick (1287 C.E.)
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St. Rita of Cascia, unhappy marriage (1381 C.E.) v. Elizabeth of Many Castles, Sweden unhappy marriage (1231 C.E.) |
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Bridget of Sweden, preaching and healing (1370 C.E.) v. Hildegard of Bingen, sickly, tended the sick, multi-talented scholar (1179 C.E.)
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Blandina, martyr (177 C.E.) v. Perpetua or Felicitas, martyr (200 C.E.) |
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Joan of Arc, Turned the Tide of War (1429 C.E.) v. Marie de Guise, war on England (1515 C.E.)
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Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitane and Countess of Poitou (1122 – 1204 CE) v. Catherine de Medici (1519 C.E.)
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Mother Anne Lee, founder of the Shakers (1736 C.E.) v. Mary Baker Eddy, founder of Christian Scientists (1821 C.E.)
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Additional Possibilities:
** These require a match-up.
Earlier Saints
Genevieve, Patron Saint of Paris (422)
Walburga, Foremost German Abbess (d. 779)
Saint Solange of Berry
Margaret Revitalizes Scotland (1066 A.D.)
Hildegard, Sybil of the Rhine (1179)
Catherine of Genoa (1473)
Anne Askew (1546)
17th Century
Anne Bradstreet, enduring English poetry
Mary Dyer, hanged in Boston
Madame Guyon claimed union with God
18th Century
Anna Nitschmann wasn't too young
Selina Hastings, queen of the Methodists
19th Century
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop cared for cancer patients
Amanda Smith triumphed despite race barriers
Mary Baker Eddy founder of Christian Scientists
20th Century