Home Without Walls - Southern Baptist Women and Social Reform in the Progressive Era

About the author

Carol Crawford Holcomb is professor of church history and Baptist studies at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and director of the UMHB Center for Baptist Studies.

Summary

Shows how the social attitudes of women were shaped during the Progressive era. By studying primary documents, Carol Crawford Holcomb uncovers ample evidence that WMU leaders, aware of the social gospel and sympathetic to social reform, appropriated the tools of social work and social service to carry out their missionary work.

Product details

• Authors: Carol Crawford Holcomb
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2020
• EAN: 9780817320546
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-2054-6
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 234 mm x 36 mm
• Weight: 544 g
• Series: Religion and American Culture; Religion & American Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous