Women in American Religion / / 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...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016] ©1980 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Edition: | Reprint 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
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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 |
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Summary: | 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. |
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. |