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Labour, love and prayer : female piety in Ulster religious literature, 1850-1914 /

"By examining the central role played by Protestant and Catholic women in establishing the religious faith of their children and, by extension, the future of their respective communities, Labour, Love, and Prayer explores the construction of female stereotypes during a period of mounting religi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brożyna, Andrea Ebel, 1965- (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Queen's University of Belfast. Institute of Irish Studies
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Belfast [Ireland] : Montreal [Que.] : Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast ; McGill-Queen's University Press, 1999.
Colección:McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : setting the scene
  • "The right to labour, love, and pray" : the cult of domesticity in Ulster religious literature
  • The Virgin Mary : model of Christian female spirituality
  • Women of the Bible and early church : mortal sinners and model saints
  • "A future of blessing and service" : the moral education of Ulster girls
  • "The wind in women's wings" : defining roles for women in Ulster protestant churches
  • "The cursed cup hath cast her down" : images of women in Ulster temperance literature
  • "She hath done what she could" : the gendered construction of female piety in Ulster protestant women's missionary literature
  • Conclusion.