Hakutulokset: Sarja women and gender in religion
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The Religious World of Antislavery Women
Nineteenth-century women reformers such as the radical abolitionists have frequently been seen as having abandoned the constraints of religion in order to pursue their personal and …
Emma Curtis Hopkins
Enlightening biography of an early feminist and religious entrepreneur who championed ""the innate spirituality of women."" Emma Curtis Hopkins led a life of extraordinary …
Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers
Palmer's investigation of the deep bonds between women's spiritual identity and women's sexual identity inaugurates a significant new series on Women and Gender in North American …
Windows of Faith
These essays by Islamic women scholars in the USA give voice to and are evidence of the growing network of Muslim women involved with the issues of women's human rights through …
Providence Has Freed Our Hands
At the close of the nineteenth century, American women missionaries traveled far afield to spread Christianity across the globe. Their presence abroad played a significant role in …
Christian Women in Indonesia
Revelatory studies capture a moment in Indonesian history. ""a leap forward in what may be a major transition from patriarchy to gender equality."" This important book offers an …
Emma Newman
A devout Congregationalist, Emma Newman felt called to preach and perform pastoral work in Illinois and Kansas after the Civil War. This work demonstrates how her life and career …
A Still Small Voice
This text looks at the roles of clergywomen in five denominations - Episcopal, United Methodist, Evangelical Lutheran, Southern Baptist, and Roman Catholic - and argues that there …
Why Me, Lord?
The story of the ordination of the Reverend Betty Bone Schiess - one of the first women priests in the Episcopal church. Reverend Betty Bone Schiess' engagingly written memoir is a …
Faith Cures, and Answers to Prayer
A rare example of an African American woman writing in the early nineteenth century. This new edition places Sarah Mix (1832-1884) in the context of American religious history, and …
O Sisters Ain't You Happy?
Compelling, in-depth analysis of Shaker villages that sheds light on how communal attitudes helped to liberate Shaker women. Drawing on archival material from Shaker members, …
Building Sisterhood
The often forgotten role of Catholic sisters is told in this history of the order of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In a series of 13 essays, the authors provide an …