Sisters and Saints: Women and American ReligionOxford University Press, 21 Kas 2007 - 144 sayfa "Women are the backbone of the church," says an old African-American aphorism. Since the 1660s, women have made up the majority of members in almost all American religious groups. They have provided essential financial and social support and worked tirelessly in the background of church-based activities. Throughout American history, women have raised money for churches and synagogues, embroidered altar cloths, taught Sunday school, prepared parish meals, and sung in the choir. They have educated their children in their beliefs and taken them to their places of worship. Yet it is primarily men who have historically occupied the high rungs of church hierarchy and made the important decisions affecting their congregations. Ann Braude examines the central role of women in American religious history, focusing on their efforts to achieve greater recognition and equal rights, their recent admission to religious leadership, and the emergence of feminist theology in the late 20th century. Colonist Margaret Winthrop, African-American preacher Jarena Lee, Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, and Zionist leader Henrietta Szold are among the women discussed in these pages who have made major contributions to the spiritual and material growth of religious organizations in America. |
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... death in childbirth. Bearing children, Mather wrote, turned women's thoughts “toward the Gates of Death, by which We all receive life.” Indeed, one in five colonial women died in childbirth. Because women attended each other's ...
... death in childbirth. Bearing children, Mather wrote, turned women's thoughts “toward the Gates of Death, by which We all receive life.” Indeed, one in five colonial women died in childbirth. Because women attended each other's ...
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... death eight times as she prepared for the birth of eight babies. She survived each time, but her children did not fare as well. She buried half of her eight children, including the little girl for whose birth she had stayed behind in ...
... death eight times as she prepared for the birth of eight babies. She survived each time, but her children did not fare as well. She buried half of her eight children, including the little girl for whose birth she had stayed behind in ...
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... death in both old and New England. Those who emigrated to the Puritan settlement were accustomed to the hanging of witches. They expected the devil to seek followers who would try to undermine their holy experiment. New Englanders ...
... death in both old and New England. Those who emigrated to the Puritan settlement were accustomed to the hanging of witches. They expected the devil to seek followers who would try to undermine their holy experiment. New Englanders ...
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When the Spirit Moves Women | 28 |
Mothers and Daughters Maintain the Home | 48 |
Organized Womanhood | 69 |
Old Faiths in New Times | 94 |
CHRONOLOGY | 121 |
FURTHER READING | 124 |
INDEX | 128 |
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