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.)

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.

Table of Contents

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