| Labour, Love, and Prayer: Female Piety in Ulster Religious Literature, 1850-1914 Volume 31 Contributor(s): Brozyna, Andrea Ebel (Author) |
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ISBN: 077351757X ISBN-13: 9780773517578 Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press OUR PRICE: $108.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 820.938 |
| LCCN: 99492149 |
| Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Religion |
| Physical Information: 1 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Brozyna argues that Catholics and Protestants shared very similar views of Christian womanhood. Both lauded the influence of the virtuous Christian woman, used the same female role models from the Bible, and saw the home as the locus of the construction of female piety. Yet each group castigated the other for having antifemale values. Protestants developed the slovenly, drunken Biddy as a stereotype of Catholic women and Catholics portrayed Protestant devotional and family life as cold and arid. Observers of present-day Northern Ireland will find these historical contrasts of immediate relevance. An interesting new look at the Irish problem, Love, Labour, and Prayer makes a valuable contribution to the histories of women, Ireland, and religion. |