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Sanctified sisters : a history of Protestant deaconesses /

The first history of the deaconess movement in the United States In the late nineteenth century, a new movement arose within American Protestant Christianity. Unsalaried groups of women began living together, wearing plain dress, and performing nursing, teaching, and other works of welfare. Modeled...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Legath, Jennifer Anne Wiley, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A tapestry of diaconates
  • Negotiating gender
  • Uses of Catholicism
  • Deaconesses and the allowance
  • Deaconesses and the ordained ministry
  • Differing visions for the diaconate.