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Women and American Religion
By Braude, Ann & Butler, Jon & Stout, Harry S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-19510-676-3
- Publisher
- New York : Oxford University Press, c2000
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2000
Gr 8-Up Braude looks at women's influence on religious activity from Puritanism to Christian and Muslim feminism and Reformed Judaism. Chapters describing the activities of individual women such as 19th-century African-American preacher Jarena Lee and Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy highlight the unique position a few women have been afforded by their rise to prominence under the mantle of religion. Societal changes brough...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
