Women in Early American Religion 1600-1850 : The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Christianity and Society in the Modern World
ISBN-10
0415098149
ISBN-13
9780415098144
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 4th, 1999
Print length
240 Pages
Weight
499 grams
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This volume explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examing the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender politics and religion.
Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850 explores the first two centuries of America''s religious history, examining the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender, politics and religion. Drawing its background from women''s religious roles and experiences in England during the Reformation, the book follows them through colonial settlement, the rise of evangelicalism, the American Revolution, and the second flowering of popular religion in the nineteenth century.
Tracing the female spiritual tradition through the Puritans, Baptists and Shakers, Westerkamp argues that religious beliefs and structures were actually a strong empowering force for women.
Tracing the female spiritual tradition through the Puritans, Baptists and Shakers, Westerkamp argues that religious beliefs and structures were actually a strong empowering force for women.
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