Piety and Power - Gender and Religious Culture in the American Colonies, 1630-1700

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Table des matières

Dedication Page Acknowledgments Introduction: Gender and Protestantism in Early America PART I. Faith and Self: Gender and the Protestant Self-Image Chapter 1. The Establishment of Protestantism in Early America Chapter 2. Gender and Private Prayer PART II. Prayer and Home: Piety and Power in the Protestant Family Chapter 3. Piety and the Marriage Bond Chapter 4. Piety, Power and the Family: Mother and Child PART III. Church: Gender and Public Worship Chapter 5. Sabbath and Sacrament Chapter 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 Voice Epilogue: Gender and the Soldiers of Christ

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

Piety and Power explores gender and religion in the seventeenth century in three American colonies with a dominant religious traditions. The book examines not only the domestic and devotional aspects of women's lives, but also the more public roles that women engaged in as arbiters of community morals and public order.

Texte suppl.

"...raises important questions about women's authority in colonial America." -- American Historical Review

"This book makes a good case for studying religious culture in relationship to gender..."
The Journal of American History

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Leslie Lindenauer, Leslie J. Lindenauer
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781138873407
• ISBN: 978-1-138-87340-7
• Pages: 210
• Thèmes: Studies in American Popular Hi; Studies in American Popular History and Culture
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / Women, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Christian life & practice, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, United States of America, USA, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Christian life and practice, Gender studies: women and girls, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, C 1600 To C 1700, RELIGION / Christian Living / Women's Interests