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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Braude, Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Series:Religion in American life.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.