Marilyn J. Westerkamp

Women and Religion in Early America,1600-1850 (eBook, ePUB)

The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examing the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender politics and religion.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000158946
• Artikelnr.: 60149919

Autorenporträt

Marilyn J. Westerkamp is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Inhaltsangabe

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.