Piety and Power

Gender and Religious Culture in the American Colonies, 1630-1700
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-415-93392-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 462 g

Reihe: Studies in American Popular History and Culture

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lindenauer, Leslie

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Dedication PageAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Gender and Protestantism in Early America PART I. Faith and Self: Gender and the Protestant Self-ImageChapter 1. The Establishment of Protestantism in Early AmericaChapter 2. Gender and Private PrayerPART II. Prayer and Home: Piety and Power in the Protestant FamilyChapter 3. Piety and the Marriage BondChapter 4. Piety, Power and the Family: Mother and Child PART III. Church: Gender and Public WorshipChapter 5. Sabbath and SacramentChapter 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 VoiceEpilogue: Gender and the Soldiers of Christ

Über Autor(innen)

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.