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The spiritual lives and manuscript cultures of eighteenth-century English women : writing religious communities / Cynthia Aalders.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Aalders, Cynthia Y., author.
- Series:
- Oxford historical monographs.
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford historical monographs
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bolton, Ann, 1743-1822.
- Bolton, Ann.
- Steele, Anne, 1717-1778.
- Steele, Anne.
- Talbot, Catherine, 1721-1770.
- Talbot, Catherine.
- Christian women--Religious life--England--History--18th century.
- Christian women.
- Christian women--England--Intellectual life--18th century.
- Christian literature, English--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, English.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- Using extensive original archival research, this book argues that women practiced, learned about, and taught others the Christian faith through their life writings (including letters and diaries) forming and shaping religious communities in ways that supplemented the more formal spiritual and didactic writings of male ministers and theologians.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 20, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-198355-1
- OCLC:
- 1427357795
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