Women and Religion in Early America,1600-1850: The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions (Christianity and Society in the Modern World) (Volume 0)

Book info: Women and Religion in Early America,1600-1850: The Puritan and Evangelical Traditions (Christianity and Society in the Modern World) (Volume 0) (Paperback, 232 pages) – Routledge, 1999. Language: English.

This volume explores the first two centuries of America's religious history, examing the relationship between the socio-political environment, gender politics and religion. Editorial Reviews Review

'Its analysis of the changing interaction of women and religion suggests approaches and paradigms that are worthy of being tested by scholars throughout the North Atlantic world and beyond.' - Social History Bulletin

`A study which should quickly become the standard work on its subject, radically altering our understanding of America's religious past and adding new dimensions to our view of women's lives. - Louis Billington, University of Hull, Journal of American Studies, 2001

"I found the Critical Heritage volumes irreplaceable when I was in graduate school. It would be the labor of a lifetime to track down all the early reviews, comments, and criticism that these volumes rescue and pass along." - - John Van Hook, Bibliographer, Univeristy of Florida Libraries, Gainesville

'Written in clear prose with convincing arguments, Women and Religion in Early America supplies scholars with a useful and timely resource.' - Janet Moore Lindman, Rowan University

About the Author Marilyn J. Westerkamp is Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz.