Horace Bushnell on women in nineteenth-century America / Michiyo Morita.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morita, Michiyo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bushnell, Horace, 1802-1876.

Bushnell, Horace.

Women--United States--Social conditions--19th century.

Women.

Social conditions.

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 149 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, 2004.

Summary:

Horace Bushnell on Women in Nineteenth-Century America scrutinizes Bushnell's vision of a Christian America based on the organic unity of family, church, and nation. His complex views about women ranged from patriarchal and hierarchical to egalitarian and nurturing.

Contents:

Profound Changes in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century 2

Bushnell's Brief Life History until His Marriage 3

Bushnell's Own Family 4

Hartford 4

Bushnell's Congregation: The North Congregational Church 5

History of Research 5

Chapter 2 Women in the Family 21

Natures of Women and Men 21

Marriage 24

Women's roles in Christian Nurture 29

Relationships with Family Members 37

Chapter 3 Women in the Church 59

Religious Natures of Women and Men 59

Women's Roles in Church 67

The Minister's Wife 74

Women in Bushnell's Congregation 78

Chapter 4 Women in the Nation 89

Christian America 89

New England Fathers and Revolutionary Fathers 93

Women's Suffrage 95

Women's Sphere in Society 110

For Future Research 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [133]-143) and index.

ISBN:

0761828885

OCLC:

57399027