E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten
Westerkamp Women in Early American Religion 1600-1850
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-134-64879-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions
E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten
Reihe: Christianity and Society in the Modern World
ISBN: 978-1-134-64879-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
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.