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Piety and power : gender and religious culture in the American colonies, 1630-1700 / Leslie J. Lindenauer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindenauer, Leslie J.
- Series:
- American popular history and culture (Routledge (Firm))
- Studies in American popular history and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women in Christianity--United States--History--17th century.
- Women in Christianity.
- Protestant churches--United States--History--17th century.
- Protestant churches.
- Church history.
- History.
- United States--Church history--17th century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 181 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2002.
- Summary:
- "Piety and Power" explores gender and religion in the seventeenth century in three American colonies with a dominant religious traditions. The book examines not only the domestic and devotional aspects of women's lives, but also the more public roles that women engaged in as arbiters of community morals and public order.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415933927
- OCLC:
- 49403566
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