The Woman I Am : Southern Baptist Women's Writings, 1906-2006 / Melody Maxwell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, Melody, 1980-

Series:

Religion and American culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.)

Religion and American culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian literature--Authorship.

Christian literature.

Baptist women--United States--History--20th century.

Baptist women.

Southern Baptist Convention--History.

Southern Baptist Convention.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : University of Alabama Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Melody Maxwell's The Woman I Am analyzes the traditional, progressive, and potential roles female Southern Baptist writers and editors portrayed for Southern Baptist women from 1906 to 2006, particularly in the area of missions.The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) represents the largest Protestant denomination in the United States, yet Southern Baptist women's voices have been underreported in studies of American religion and culture. In The Woman I Am, Melody Maxwell explores how female Southern Baptist writers and editors in the twentieth century depicted changing roles

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Southern Baptist Women's Writings in Context; 2. Woman's Work for Woman, 1906-1918; 3. Supporting the SBC, 1919-1945; 4. Cultivating a Christian Influence, 1946-1967; 5. Almost Unlimited Possibilities, 1968-1983; 6. Developing Spiritually in a Context of Division, 1984-2006; 7. Southern Baptist Women's Writings in Retrospect; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-264) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8763-3

OCLC:

880059724