Responding to secularization : the deaconess movement in nineteenth-century Sweden / by Todd H. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Todd H.

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 153.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 1573-5664 ; v. 153

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaconesses--Sweden--History--19th century.

Deaconesses.

Secularism--Sweden--History--19th century.

Secularism.

Sweden--Church history--19th century.

Sweden.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The causal link between modernization and secularization constitutes the core of secularization theories, but what these theories often overlook are the ways in which modernity can benefit religion. Focusing on the female diaconate’s contributions to education, health care, and poor relief in nineteenth-century Sweden, this book argues that modernization created new possibilities and opportunities for religious communities to wield public influence. The rise, growth, and social significance of the deaconess movement remain incomprehensible apart from the very modernizing forces that secularization theories claim are detrimental to religion.

Contents:

The secularization debate : an introduction to the problematic relationship between religion and modernity

The female diaconate in nineteenth-century Sweden

Education

Health care

Poor relief

The social significance of Swedish deaconesses.

Notes:

Based on the author's dissertation (Vanderbilt University).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-12069-0

9786613120694

90-04-20967-0

OCLC:

727948419

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004194793.i-188 DOI