Strangers & pilgrims
female preaching in America, 1740-1845
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Author
Publication
1998 - University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, North Carolina
Language
English
Word Count
116,500 words, Guess
Page Count
466 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL351937M
- ISBN-100807824410
- OCLC Control Number38311797
- OCLC Control Number45843967
- OCLC Control Numberstrangerspilgrim0000brek
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98011394
- Goodreads4501744
- LibraryThing505553
Classifications
- DDC251/.0082/0973
- LCCBV4208.U6 B74 1998
Alternate Titles
- Strangers and pilgrims
Description
Catherine Brekus tells the story of several generations of women - both white and African American - who struggled to forge an enduring tradition of female religious leadership in colonial and antebellum America. Piecing together evidence from a wide range of sources, including religious magazines and newspapers, clergymen's autobiographies, church records, and female preachers' own memoirs and letters, she examines the lives of more than a hundred female preachers who crisscrossed the country between 1740 and 1845. Focusing on the lives of these forgotten women, Brekus explores the changing meaning of femininity after the American Revolution, the growth of religious freedom, the conservatism of evangelical revivals, the upheaval wrought by the market revolution, the popularity of apocalyptic beliefs, and the fragility of historical memory.
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Series Statement
- Gender and American culture
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- Strangers & pilgrims: female preaching in America, 1740-1845
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