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First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
List of contents
Dedication PageAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Gender and Protestantism in Early America PART I. Faith and Self: Gender and the Protestant Self-ImageChapter 1. The Establishment of Protestantism in Early AmericaChapter 2. Gender and Private PrayerPART II. Prayer and Home: Piety and Power in the Protestant FamilyChapter 3. Piety and the Marriage BondChapter 4. Piety, Power and the Family: Mother and Child PART III. Church: Gender and Public WorshipChapter 5. Sabbath and SacramentChapter 6. A Priesthood of All Believers PART IV. Civic Life and Community: Religious Culture in the Public Sphere Chapter 7. Gender, Religion and the Public VoiceEpilogue: Gender and the Soldiers of Christ
About the author
Leslie Lindenauer is a scholar of early American women's history and a public historian with over 20 years of academic and professional experience in college and museum education. Currently a member of the women's studies faculty at Hartford College for Women of the University of Hartford, Dr. Lindenauer is also the Executive Director of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, a non-profit educational organization that provides resources in women's history and culture.
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First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
