Female piety in Puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism / Amanda Porterfield.
1992
BX9354.2 .P67 1992eb
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Title
Female piety in Puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism / Amanda Porterfield.
ISBN
0195068211 (alk. paper)
9780195068214 (alk. paper)
9780195361773 (electronic bk.)
0195361776 (electronic bk.)
1280525576
9781280525575
9780195068214 (alk. paper)
9780195361773 (electronic bk.)
0195361776 (electronic bk.)
1280525576
9781280525575
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Language
English
Language Note
English.
Description
1 online resource (x, 207 pages)
Call Number
BX9354.2 .P67 1992eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)182530292
Summary
This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals and established the standards against which the moral character of real women was measured.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction: Overview and Method; 1. Eros, Conscience, and the Making of Puritan Society; 2. Female Piety in the Lives of Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, and John Cotton; 3. Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, and the Importance of Women in Puritan Culture; 4. The Rise and Fall of Female Piety as a Symbol of New England; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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Series
Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Available in Other Form
Print version: Porterfield, Amanda, 1947- Female piety in Puritan New England. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992
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