ORDEN DE SAN AGUSTÍN

Biblioteca Agustiniana de Buenos Aires

FIRST CIRCULAR

"MULIER, QUID PLORAS?" (JN 20.15). IMAGES AND READINGS OF THE

FEMININE IN THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH.

The feminine has been a recurring topic in the authors of the patristics and has occupied a great
place in their exegetical, poetic or historical works. However, the interest of these authors was
not only directed to the analysis of anthropological issues related to women, their place in
creation and history, but that “feminine” can be identified as an independent attribute associated
with certain behaviors and procedures, both human as divine.
Christianity evoked from its beginnings the spiritual equality of men and women, thus
generating a great attraction in the believers, who quickly became diffusers of the new faith;
However, the rhetoric about the feminine does not accompany this enthusiasm, since the authors
of the patristics gave speeches that in many cases associated it with weakness and instability,
situations very close to sin.
The question that Jesus addresses to Mary Magdalene in the tomb, "Woman, why are you
crying?", Becomes in our contemporary world a call to revisit and critically review the
contributions that the first Christian literature and the Eastern and Western patristic literature
have made us legacy in terms of images and readings of the feminine.
We then call on the different disciplines of the broad field of philosophical, theological, historical,
linguistic and artistic studies to share their contributions according to these coordinates:
- Feminist Biblical Exegesis
- Art and Iconography
- Body, virginity, motherhood and sexual morality
- Discipleship, leadership and patronage
- The feminine in the discourses on God, the Church and heresy.
- Mariology
- Martyrdom and monasticism
- Margins and dissidence
- Writers, mystics and founders

We hope that your response to our call will help us to continue building bridges for this "fusion
of horizons", so necessary in the search for balance and vitality of the Sciences of Religions and
Humanities.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.

D. Pablo Guzmán BibCISAO / OSA – A.I.E.P & Dr. Mariano Splendido UNLP / CONICET

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE

Adriana Alonso, Universidad Autónoma de México

Paulina Antacli, Universidad de Córdoba
Cristina Balestrini, UBA – SAEMED
Viviana Boch, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
Patricia Ciner, A.I.E.P.
Silvia Crochetti, Universidad de la Pampa
Paola Druille, Universidad Nacional de La Pampa
Graciela Gómez de Aso, Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
María del Mar Marcos Sánchez, Universidad de Cantabria
Ingrid van Neer-Bruggink, Bibliotheek Augustijns Instituut NL A
Estefania Sottocorno, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero
Herendira Téllez Nieto, Univ, Complutense de Madrid
Juana Torres, Universidad de Cantabria
Laela Zwollo, Tilburg University

ACADEMIC ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Dario Sanchez Vendramini, Universidad Nacional de La Rioja / Esteban Noce, Universidad de

Buenos Aires / Fray Aldo Marcelo Cáceres, OSA / Fray José Guillermo Medina, OSA / Fray
Juan Antonio Buere, OSA / Fray Mauricio Saavedra, OSA / Hector Francisco, UBA / Juan
Bautista García Bazán, USAL / Julian Barenstein, UBA – UNSAM / CONICET / Pablo
Ubierna, CONICET/Pbro. Arturo Saiz, Universidad san Dámaso – Madrid / Pbro. Edgardo
Morales, Patristicum / Rodrigo Laham Cohen, UBA
 INSTITUTIONS

RULES FOR SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

The length of the abstracts and keywords must not exceed 500 characters, with a minimum of
five keywords. The deadline for submitting abstracts expires on June 30, 2021.
The full texts of the works that have been accepted for presentation will be received until
September 30, 2021 and can be presented in any of these languages: German, Spanish, French,
English, Italian and Portuguese; with a maximum extension of 30 veneers.
They will be published in electronic format in the Augustinian Patristic Supplement, included in
Bibliotheca Augustiniana ISSN 2469 - 0341, published by the publisher seal of the Order of Saint
Augustine in Argentina, within the six months following the completion of the Conference.

Both the abstract and the work will be sent to: bibliothecaugustiniana@gmail.com
biblioteca@sanagustin.org with a copy to bibcisao@gmail.com

The works must be sent respecting the following guidelines:

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position/s, institutional membership, email.
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German or Portuguese.
• The works will be accompanied by two abstracts and four keywords. One of the abstracts must
be written in the language of the article, the other, in English, and must have a maximum length
of 10 lines each. The same is followed for keywords.
• Failure to comply with these Presentation Rules will cause delays in the edition, we resort to
your kindness to allow us to speed up the editing task by complying with these mentioned Rules.
• The font used for the abstracts and keywords of the work must be Georgia size 10.
• The bibliography used and cited at the bottom of the page must appear at the end of the work
under the heading "Bibliography" and be arranged in alphabetical order. Book titles and words
written in other languages must be italicized.
• The passages cited in the body of the text are enclosed in double quotation marks. In the event
that there is a verbatim quote within a passage cited in the body of the text, it will be enclosed in
single quotes.
• The bibliographic citations at the foot of the page must agree exactly with the citation provision
of the works mentioned in the “Bibliography” section. The bibliographic citations must go all -
without exception - at the bottom of the page and must adhere to the following examples:

Documentaries
Deberán comenzar por el archivo o institución correspondiente, sección y legajo, tipo de
documento, lugar y fecha. Por ejemplo: AAS 98 (2006) 217-252.

Bibliographic

Books:
Alberzoni, M. P., Chiara e il papato, Biblioteca Francescana, 1995.
Habermehl, P., Perpetua und der Ägypter oder Bilder des Bösen im frühen afrikanischen
Christentum. Ein Versuch zur Passio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Felicitatis, de Gruyter, 2004.

Articles published in magazines:

Cid López, R. M., “Egeria, peregrine y aventurera. Relato de un viaje a Tierra Santa en el siglo
IV”, Arenal: Revista de Historia de Mujeres, 17.1, 2010, 5-31.

Martin, C. J., “Womanist Interpretations of the New Testament: The Quest for Holistic and
Inclusive Translation and Interpretation”, Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, 6.2, 1990, 41-
61.

Articles published in compilations:

Stodnick, J., “Bodies of Land: The Place of Genre in the Old English Martyrology” en Szarmach,
P. E. (ed.), Writing Women Saints in Anglo-Saxon England, Toronto University Press, 2013, 30-
52.
Viallet, L., “Colette de Corbie nel contesto delle riforme francescane del XV secolo” en Buffon,
G. et al. (eds.), Colette di Corbie. Ripartire da Cristo sulle orme di Chiara, Porziuncola, 2014, 19-
36.

The citations of ancient authors, the Greeks will be cited according to the abbreviations of the
Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell-Scott-Jones and the Latin according to those adopted by the
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. Roman numerals will be used, followed by a blank space, to refer to
the book or song to which the quote belongs. For examples: Od. II 25; Plu. Cat. My. 90; Cic. orat.
fifty; Verg. Aen. IV 20.

It is recommended to use the following abbreviations: ad loc., Cf., e. g., id., ibid., loc. cit., op. cit.,
sc., s. u., uid., or those customary in the corresponding modern languages, i.e., art. cit., col., cols.,
coord., dir., ed., eds., p., pp., p. e., s., ss.
 REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY

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católicos y protestantes. Salamanca: Sígueme.
Chelius Stark, J. (ed.) (2007). Feminist Interpretations of Augustine. Pennsylvania: The
Pennsylvania State University Press.
Cohick, L. H. and Brown Hughes, A. (2017). Christian Women in the Patristic World. Their
Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through Fifth Centuries. Grand Rapids: Baker
Academic.
Cooper, K. (1996). The Virgin and the Bride. Idealized Womanhood in Late Antiquity.
Cambridge-London: Harvard University Press.
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Vauchez, A. (2016). Caterina da Siena. Una mistica trasgressiva. Bari: Laterza.

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