Women and Religion in Early America,1600-1850 - The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions

This volume explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examing the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender politics and religion.

List of contents

Acknowledgements -- 1 Women, the Spirit, and the Reformation -- PART I -- The Puritan heritage -- 2 Wives and mothers in the colonial New England landscape -- 3 Prophesying women: pushing the boundaries of patriarchy -- 4 The devil's minions -- PARTII -- The rise of evangelical religion -- 5 Witnesses to the New Light -- 6 Gender, revolution, and the Methodists -- 7 Domestic piety: mothers, missionaries, and the Holiness movement -- 8 The reformer's pulpit -- 9 Voices and silence: women, the Spirit, and the Enlightenment -- Notes -- Bibliographic essay: further reading and research projects -- Works cited in bibliographic essay -- Index.

About the author

Marilyn J. Westerkamp is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Summary

Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850 explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examining the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender, politics and religion
Drawing its background from women's religious roles and experiences in England during the Reformation, the book follows them through colonial settlement, the rise of evangelicalism with the 'great awakening', the American Revolution and the second flowering of popular religion in the first half of the nineteenth century.
Women in Early American Religion, 1600-1850 traces the female spiritual tradition through the Puritans, Baptists and Shakers, arguing that it was a strong empowering force for women.

Product details

• Authors: Marilyn J Westerkamp, Marilyn J. Westerkamp, Westerkamp Marilyn J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2017
• EAN: 9781138156111
• ISBN: 978-1-138-15611-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Christianity and Society in the Modern World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HISTORY / United States / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christianity, History of Religion, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities