Christabel Pankhurst : fundamentalism and feminism in coalition / Timothy Larsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larsen, Timothy, 1967-

Series:

Studies in modern British religious history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pankhurst, Christabel, Dame, 1880-1958.

Pankhurst, Christabel.

Evangelicalism--History--20th century.

Evangelicalism.

Fundamentalism--History--20th century.

Fundamentalism.

Feminism--Religious aspects--Christianity--History--20th century.

Feminism.

Feminism--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 156 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2002.

Summary:

Christabel Pankhurst was arguably the most influential member of her famous family in the struggle to win the vote for women in the years before the First World War. Paradoxically, she has also been the most neglected subsequently by historians. Part of the reason for this may be that, in the years after women's suffrage had been achieved in 1918, she turned her energies to Christian fundamentalism and carved out a new career as a writer of best-selling evangelical books and as a high-profile speaker on the fundamentalist preaching circuit, particularly in the United States. In this important new work Tim Larsen provides the first full account of this part of Christabel Pankhurst's life. He thus offers both a highly original contribution to Christabel Pankhurst's biography and also a fascinating commentary on the relationship between fundamentalism and feminism. His book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the Pankhursts, in the history of the women's movement, in women in Christian ministry, or in fundamentalism in Britain and North America.

Contents:

1. Christian Ministry 1

2. Eschatology and Theology 29

3. Current Events 50

4. Doom and Hope 69

5. The Fundamentalist Circuit 88

6. Fundamentalism and Feminism in Society 103

7. Fundamentalism and Feminism in the Church 121

Epilogue: Forgetting and Remembering 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0851159052

OCLC:

50269591