03781nam 2200697 a 450 991080728370332120200520144314.0979-88-908705-9-90-8078-6654-7(CKB)111004368568042(OCoLC)45843967(CaPaEBR)ebrary2001271(SSID)ssj0000251943(PQKBManifestationID)11201097(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251943(PQKBWorkID)10175826(PQKB)11757965(Au-PeEL)EBL3039423(CaPaEBR)ebr2001271(MiAaPQ)EBC3039423(EXLCZ)9911100436856804219980129d1998 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierStrangers & pilgrims female preaching in America, 1740-1845 /Catherine A. Brekus1st ed.Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina Pressc19981 online resource (x, 466 pages)Gender and American culturePapers presented at several seminars and conferences.0-8078-4745-3 0-8078-2441-0 Includes bibliographical references P. [425]-452) and index.Intro -- Contents -- Recovering the History of Female Preaching in America -- 1 Female Evangelism in the Eighteenth- Century Revivals -- 2 Female Religious Leadership in the Age of Revolution -- 3 Female Preaching in the Early Nineteenth Century -- 4 Conversion and the Call to Preach -- 5 Evangelical Women in the Pulpit -- 6 Female Peddlers of the Word -- 7 The Battle over Female Preaching -- 8 Female Preaching in the Millerite Movement -- Write the Vision -- Female Preachers and Exhorters in America, 1740Ð1845 -- Bibliography."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."--JacketGender & American culture.Strangers and pilgrimsPreachingUnited StatesHistory18th centuryPreachingUnited StatesHistory19th centurySermons, AmericanWomen authorsHistory and criticismWomen in ChristianityUnited StatesHistory18th centuryWomen in ChristianityUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesChurch history18th centuryUnited StatesChurch history19th centuryPreachingHistoryPreachingHistorySermons, AmericanWomen authorsHistory and criticism.Women in ChristianityHistoryWomen in ChristianityHistory251/.0082/0973Brekus Catherine A1618506MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807283703321Strangers & pilgrims4092750UNINA