Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845Univ of North Carolina Press, 2000 M11 9 - 480 páginas Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; "Old Elizabeth," an ex-slave who courageously traveled to the South to preach against slavery in the early nineteenth century; Harriet Livermore, who spoke in front of Congress four times between 1827 and 1844--these are just a few of the extraordinary women profiled in this, the first comprehensive history of female preaching in early America. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Catherine Brekus examines the lives of more than a hundred female preachers--both white and African American--who crisscrossed the country between 1740 and 1845. Outspoken, visionary, and sometimes contentious, these women stepped into the pulpit long before twentieth-century battles over female ordination began. They were charismatic, popular preachers, who spoke to hundreds and even thousands of people at camp and revival meetings, and yet with but a few notable exceptions--such as Sojourner Truth--these women have essentially vanished from our history. Recovering their stories, Brekus shows, forces us to rethink many of our common assumptions about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American culture. |
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... clergymen scorned her as a disorderly woman who had Harriet Livermore was only one of more than one hundred. sacrificed her “feminine” modesty for public glory.3 Harriet Livermore. Engraved by J. B. Longacre from a painting.
... clergymen scorned her as a disorderly woman who had Harriet Livermore was only one of more than one hundred. sacrificed her “feminine” modesty for public glory.3 Harriet Livermore. Engraved by J. B. Longacre from a painting.
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... feminine,” the public and the private. Contrary to what I had originally expected, fewer women seem to have been allowed to preach during the Revolution—the celebrated era of the common man—than during the earlier revivals. Even though ...
... feminine,” the public and the private. Contrary to what I had originally expected, fewer women seem to have been allowed to preach during the Revolution—the celebrated era of the common man—than during the earlier revivals. Even though ...
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... feminine” world of the family, many evangelicals claimed that women as well as men had the right to organize home mission societies and distribute religious tracts. Taking this logic even further, several dissenting groups claimed that ...
... feminine” world of the family, many evangelicals claimed that women as well as men had the right to organize home mission societies and distribute religious tracts. Taking this logic even further, several dissenting groups claimed that ...
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... feminine” weakness—in union with Christ. In some ways, of course, this could be a deeply empowering message for ... femininity could claim the authority of the pulpit. In contrast, in an ideological shift of stunning proportions, many ...
... feminine” weakness—in union with Christ. In some ways, of course, this could be a deeply empowering message for ... femininity could claim the authority of the pulpit. In contrast, in an ideological shift of stunning proportions, many ...
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... feminine” religious behavior to their breaking point during the revivals of the eighteenth century. Although historians have long recognized and debated the significance of these revivals, which they have labeled the Great Awakening ...
... feminine” religious behavior to their breaking point during the revivals of the eighteenth century. Although historians have long recognized and debated the significance of these revivals, which they have labeled the Great Awakening ...
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Female Religious Leadership in the | |
PART TWO SISTERS IN CHRIST MOTHERS IN ISRAEL | |
Conversion and the Call to Preach | |
Evangelical Women in | |
Female Peddlers of the Word | |
PART THREE LET YOUR WOMEN KEEP SILENCE | |
Female Preaching in | |
Epilogue Write the Vision | |
Notes | |
Acknowledgments | |
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Strangers & Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 Catherine A. Brekus Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
Strangers & Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 Catherine A. Brekus Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
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