| Daughters of Light: Quaker Women Preaching and Prophesying in the Colonies and Abroad, 1700-1775 Revised Edition Contributor(s): Larson, Rebecca (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807848972 ISBN-13: 9780807848975 Publisher: University of North Carolina Press OUR PRICE: $40.38 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2000 Annotation: More than a thousand Quaker female ministers were active in the Anglo-American world before the Revolutionary War, when the Society of Friends constituted the colonies' third-largest religious group. Rebecca Larson reconstructs the activities of these women and offers offers striking insights into the ways their public, authoritative role affected the formation of their identities, their families, and their society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - Quaker - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christian Ministry - Preaching |
| Dewey: 289.673 |
| LCCN: 00025221 |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.21" W x 9.3" (1.30 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: More than a thousand Quaker female ministers were active in the Anglo-American world before the Revolutionary War, when the Society of Friends constituted the colonies' third-largest religious group. Some of these women circulated throughout British North America; others crossed the Atlantic to deliver their inspired messages. In this public role, they preached in courthouses, meeting houses, and private homes, to audiences of men and women, to Quakers and to those of other faiths, to Native Americans and to slaves. Utilizing the Quakers' rich archival sources, as well as colonial newspapers and diaries, Rebecca Larson reconstructs the activities of these women. She offers striking insights into the ways their public, authoritative role affected the formation of their identities, their families, and their society. Extensively researched and compellingly written, Daughters of Light enriches our understanding of religion and women's lives in colonial America. |
Contributor Bio(s): Larson, Rebecca: - Rebecca Larson is a historian who lives in Santa Barbara, California. |