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Responding to secularization : the deaconess movement in nineteenth-century Sweden /
The causal link between modernization and secularization constitutes the core of secularization theories, but what these theories often overlook are the ways in which modernity can benefit religion. Focusing on the female diaconates contributions to education, health care, and poor relief in ninetee...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Studies in the history of Christian traditions ;
v. 153. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The causal link between modernization and secularization constitutes the core of secularization theories, but what these theories often overlook are the ways in which modernity can benefit religion. Focusing on the female diaconates contributions to education, health care, and poor relief in nineteenth-century Sweden, this book argues that modernization created new possibilities and opportunities for religious communities to wield public influence. The rise, growth, and social significance of the deaconess movement remain incomprehensible apart from the very modernizing forces that secularizat. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 188 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004209671 9004209670 |
| ISSN: | 1573-5664 ; |