Sisters and Saints: Women and American ReligionOxford University Press, 2007 M11 21 - 144 pages "Women are the backbone of the church," says an old African-American aphorism. Since the 1660s, women have made up the majority of members in almost all American religious groups. They have provided essential financial and social support and worked tirelessly in the background of church-based activities. Throughout American history, women have raised money for churches and synagogues, embroidered altar cloths, taught Sunday school, prepared parish meals, and sung in the choir. They have educated their children in their beliefs and taken them to their places of worship. Yet it is primarily men who have historically occupied the high rungs of church hierarchy and made the important decisions affecting their congregations. Ann Braude examines the central role of women in American religious history, focusing on their efforts to achieve greater recognition and equal rights, their recent admission to religious leadership, and the emergence of feminist theology in the late 20th century. Colonist Margaret Winthrop, African-American preacher Jarena Lee, Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, and Zionist leader Henrietta Szold are among the women discussed in these pages who have made major contributions to the spiritual and material growth of religious organizations in America. |
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... witch. A witch, according to the Christian thought of the day, was a human being with superhuman powers. Witches received their power from the devil, who demanded their allegiance in return. They had the power to cause illness or death ...
... witch. A witch, according to the Christian thought of the day, was a human being with superhuman powers. Witches received their power from the devil, who demanded their allegiance in return. They had the power to cause illness or death ...
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... witches. They expected the devil to seek followers who would try to undermine their holy experiment. New Englanders ... witch. Instead they were accused of witchcraft by others, usually people they knew or with whom they had some sort ...
... witches. They expected the devil to seek followers who would try to undermine their holy experiment. New Englanders ... witch. Instead they were accused of witchcraft by others, usually people they knew or with whom they had some sort ...
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... witch who should be hunted down and killed. In Europe clergymen used a book called the Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) to help identify witches. Written by two German churchmen in 1468, the Malleus stated, “More women than ...
... witch who should be hunted down and killed. In Europe clergymen used a book called the Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) to help identify witches. Written by two German churchmen in 1468, the Malleus stated, “More women than ...
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... witch two years after her husband's death. By that time it was clear that she did not intend to have a prompt second marriage. Even before her marriage, some had suspected Katherine of witchcraft. She could spin more fine linen yarn in ...
... witch two years after her husband's death. By that time it was clear that she did not intend to have a prompt second marriage. Even before her marriage, some had suspected Katherine of witchcraft. She could spin more fine linen yarn in ...
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Contents
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When the Spirit Moves Women | 28 |
Mothers and Daughters Maintain the Home | 48 |
Organized Womanhood | 69 |
Old Faiths in New Times | 94 |
CHRONOLOGY | 121 |
FURTHER READING | 124 |
INDEX | 128 |
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