Women in early American religion, 1600-1850 : the puritan and evangelical traditions / Marilyn J. Westerkamp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Westerkamp, Marilyn J.

Series:

Christianity and Society in the Modern World

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in Christianity--United States--History.

Women in Christianity.

United States--Church history.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (230 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Women, the Spirit, and the Reformation; 2 Wives and mothers in the colonial New England landscape; 3 Prophesying women; 4 The devil's minions; 5 Witnesses to the New Light; 6 Gender, revolution, and the Methodists; 7 Domestic piety; 8 The reformer's pulpit; 9 Voices and silence; Notes; Bibliographic essay; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-134-64879-0

1-000-10763-9

1-280-14437-8

0-415-19448-2

0-203-98323-8

1-134-64880-4

9780203983232

OCLC:

80243602