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Sisters and saints : women and American religion / Ann Braude.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Braude, Ann, author.
- Series:
- Religion in American life.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Religion in American life
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women and religion--United States--History.
- Women and religion.
- United States--Religion.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (145 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Although women have until recently been barred from public religious leadership, their support has sustained American religious organizations for centuries. Focusing on this crucial role, Braude examines the influence of women on religious history, and the influence of religion on American women.
- Contents:
- Introduction: "Women are the backbone of the church"
- Planting religious households
- When the Spirit moves women
- Mothers and daughters maintain the home
- Organized womanhood
- Old faiths in new times.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- "First published in hardcover as Women and American religion (2000)"--T.p. verso.
- Previously issued in print: 2007.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-127) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045039-8
- 0-19-774119-3
- 1-281-52927-3
- 9786611529277
- 0-19-972456-3
- 1-4356-3340-7
- OCLC:
- 437094876
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