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Sisters and saints : women and American religion /

Ann Braude demonstrates the important role of women in American religious history. Although women have until recently been barred from public religious leadership, their support has sustained American religious organizations for centuries. Focusing on this crucial role, Braude examines the influence...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Braude, Ann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Colección:Religion in American life.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: "Women are the backbone of the church"
  • Planting religious households
  • When the Spirit moves women
  • Mothers and daughters maintain the home
  • Organized womanhood
  • Old faiths in new times.