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Women in Early American Religion 1600-1850: The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions
Contributor(s): Westerkamp, Marilyn J. (Author)
ISBN: 0415862280     ISBN-13: 9780415862288
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $56.04  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- History | United States - General
- Religion | Christianity - History
Dewey: 277.307
Series: Christianity and Society in the Modern World (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.72 lbs) 230 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Chronological Period - 17th Century
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
 
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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, the American Revolution, and the second flowering of popular religion in the nineteenth century.
Tracing the female spiritual tradition through the Puritans, Baptists and Shakers, Westerkamp argues that religious beliefs and structures were actually a strong empowering force for women.