UID:
almafu_9959242790402883
Format:
1 online resource (230 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-134-64879-0
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1-000-10763-9
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1-280-14437-8
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0-415-19448-2
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0-203-98323-8
,
1-134-64880-4
Series Statement:
Christianity and Society in the Modern World
Content:
Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850 explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examining the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender, politics and religion. Drawing its background from women's religious roles and experiences in England during the Reformation, the book follows them through colonial settlement, the rise of evangelicalism, the American Revolution, and the second flowering of popular religion in the nineteenth century.Tracing the female spiritual tradition through the Puritans, Baptists and Shakers, Westerkamp argues
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Women, the Spirit, and the Reformation; 2 Wives and mothers in the colonial New England landscape; 3 Prophesying women; 4 The devil's minions; 5 Witnesses to the New Light; 6 Gender, revolution, and the Methodists; 7 Domestic piety; 8 The reformer's pulpit; 9 Voices and silence; Notes; Bibliographic essay; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-86228-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-09814-9
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203983232
