Women and religion in early America, 1600-1850 : the puritan and evangelical traditions
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Women and religion in early America, 1600-1850 : the puritan and evangelical traditions
(Christianity and society in the modern world)
Routledge, 1999
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-214) and index
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ISBN 9780415098144
Description
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 that religious beliefs and structures were actually a strong empowering force for women.
Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 Women, the Spirit, and the Reformation
- Part 1 Part I The Puritan heritage
- Chapter 2 Wives and mothers in the colonial New England landscape
- Chapter 3 Prophesying women
- Chapter 4 The devil's minions
- Part 2 Part II The rise of evangelical religion
- Chapter 5 Witnesses to the New Light
- Chapter 6 Gender, revolution, and the Methodists
- Chapter 7 Domestic piety
- Chapter 8 The reformer's pulpit
- Chapter 9 Voices and silence
- Notes
- Bibliographic essayWorks cited in bibliographic essay and key primary source reprints
- Index
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: pbk ISBN 9780415194488
Description
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 with the 'great awakening', the American Revolution and the second flowering of popular religion in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850 traces the female spiritual tradition through the Puritans, Baptists and Shakers, arguing that it was a strong empowering force for women.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements -- 1 Women, the Spirit, and the Reformation -- PART I -- The Puritan heritage -- 2 Wives and mothers in the colonial New England landscape -- 3 Prophesying women: pushing the boundaries of patriarchy -- 4 The devil's minions -- PARTII -- The rise of evangelical religion -- 5 Witnesses to the New Light -- 6 Gender, revolution, and the Methodists -- 7 Domestic piety: mothers, missionaries, and the Holiness movement -- 8 The reformer's pulpit -- 9 Voices and silence: women, the Spirit, and the Enlightenment -- Notes -- Bibliographic essay: further reading and research projects -- Works cited in bibliographic essay -- Index.
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