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Female piety in Puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism / / Amanda Porterfield



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Autore: Porterfield Amanda <1947-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Female piety in Puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism / / Amanda Porterfield Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 1992
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 207 pages)
Disciplina: 285/.9/082
Soggetto topico: Puritans - New England
Women in Christianity - New England
Identification (Religion) - History of doctrines
Women - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines
Spirituality - New England - History
Spirituality - Puritans - History
Soggetto geografico: New England Church history
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction: Overview and Method; 1. Eros, Conscience, and the Making of Puritan Society; 2. Female Piety in the Lives of Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, and John Cotton; 3. Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, and the Importance of Women in Puritan Culture; 4.The Rise and Fall of Female Piety as a Symbol of New England; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals and established the standards against which the moral character of real women was measured.
Titolo autorizzato: Female piety in Puritan New England  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-19-773912-1
1-280-52557-6
0-19-536177-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910784821003321
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Serie: Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)