Women in American Religion / / Janet Wilson James.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• HerausgeberIn: James, Janet Wilson,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Women in American Religious History --; Saints and Sisters --; “Sisters” in Christ --; Vertuous Women Found --; A Women's Awakening --; She Hath Done What She Could --; Catholic Women Religious and Women's History --; Organized Voluntarism --; American Women in Ministry --; Eve, Mary, and American Catholicism the Historians --; Transitions in Judaism --; Birth Control and the Lutherans --; Minister's Wife, Widow, Reluctant Feminist --; Contributors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512809602; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512809602
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Janet Wilson James.

Cotton Mather called them "the hidden ones." Although historians of religion occasionally refer to the fact that women have always constituted a majority of churchgoers, until recently none of them have investigated the historical implications of the situation or v the role of woman in the church. But the focus of church history has been moving toward a broader awareness, from studying religious institutions and their pastors to studying the people--the laity--and the nature of religious experience. This book explores the many common elements of this experience for women in church and temple, regardless of their differences in faith.