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Female piety in Puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism /
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.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1992.
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| Colección: | Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 207 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0195068211 9780195068214 9780195361773 0195361776 1280525576 9781280525575 |