Disorderly Women : : Sexual Politics and Evangelicalism in Revolutionary New England / / Susan Juster.
Throughout most of the eighteenth century and particularly during the religious revivals of the Great Awakening, evangelical women in colonial New England participated vigorously in major church decisions, from electing pastors to disciplining backsliding members. After the Revolutionary War, howeve...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018] ©1996 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1. "Breaking" the Sabbath: The Evangelical Challenge in the Great Awakening
- 2. "Things Are Become New": The Conversion Experience
- 3. "To Watch Over Each Other's Conversation": Church Discipline
- 4. "To Grow Up into a State of Manhood": The Sexual Politics of Evangelicalism in Revolutionary America
- 5. "The Disorder of Women": The Feminization of Sin, 1780-1830
- 6. "In a Different Voice": Postrevolutionary Conversion Narratives
- Conclusion
- Index