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Book Elizabeth Bayley Seton  1774 1824

Download or read book Elizabeth Bayley Seton 1774 1824 written by Annabelle McConnell Melville and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Origins of Women s Activism

Download or read book The Origins of Women s Activism written by Anne M. Boylan and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003-10-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the deep roots of women's activism in America, Anne Boylan explores the flourishing of women's volunteer associations in the decades following the Revolution. She examines the entire spectrum of early nineteenth-century women's groups--Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish; African American and white; middle and working class--to illuminate the ways in which race, religion, and class could bring women together in pursuit of common goals or drive them apart. Boylan interweaves analyses of more than seventy organizations in New York and Boston with the stories of the women who founded and led them. In so doing, she provides a new understanding of how these groups actually worked and how women's associations, especially those with evangelical Protestant leanings, helped define the gender system of the new republic. She also demonstrates as never before how women in leadership positions combined volunteer work with their family responsibilities, how they raised and invested the money their organizations needed, and how they gained and used political influence in an era when women's citizenship rights were tightly circumscribed.

Book Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion  2 volumes

Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion 2 volumes written by June Melby Benowitz and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 1043 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume set examines women's contributions to religious and moral development in America, covering individual women, their faith-related organizations, and women's roles and experiences in the broader social and cultural contexts of their times. This second edition of Encyclopedia of American Women and Religion provides updated and expanded information from historians and other scholars of religion, covering new issues in religion to better describe and document women's roles within religious groups. For instance, the term "evangelical feminism" is one newly defined aspect of women's involvement in religious activism. Changes are constantly occurring within the many religious faiths and denominations in America, particularly as women strive to gain positions within religious hierarchies that previously were exclusive to men and rise within their denominations to become theologians, church leaders, and bishops. The entries examine the roles that American women have played in mainstream religious denominations, small religious sects, and non-traditional practices such as witchcraft, as well as in groups that question religious beliefs, including agnostics and atheists. A section containing primary documents gives readers a firsthand look at matters of concern to religious women and their organizations. Many of these documents are the writings of women who merit entries within the encyclopedia. Readers will gain an awareness of women's contributions to religious culture in America, from the colonial era to the present day, and better understand the many challenges that women have faced to achieve success in their religion-related endeavors.

Book Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus  1768 1836

Download or read book Jean Lefebvre de Cheverus 1768 1836 written by Annabelle McConnell Melville and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Chicorel Index to Biographies

Download or read book Chicorel Index to Biographies written by Marietta Chicorel and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Who   s Who of World Religions

Download or read book Who s Who of World Religions written by John R. Hinnells and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-12-12 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In historical terms, religions do not exist apart from the people who practise them. This is the first collection of biographical studies of figures from religions around the globe and from traditions both ancient and modern. It represents the work of an enormous international team of scholars, and although many entries involve original research, this substantial work of reference is intended to be of use to both the specialist and the general reader. Particular care has been taken to ensure a balance between religions and to include figures from the diverse branches of the different religions. Indexes and an extensive bibliography make it an invaluable working tool.

Book Secret Habits

Download or read book Secret Habits written by Carol Mattingly and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Literacy historians have credited the Protestant mandate to read scripture, as well as Protestant schools, for advances in American literacy. This belief, however, has overshadowed other important efforts and led to an incomplete understanding of our literacy history. In Secret Habits: Catholic Literacy Education for Women in the Early Nineteenth Century, Carol Mattingly restores the work of Catholic nuns and sisters to its rightful place in literacy studies. Mattingly shows that despite widespread fears and opposition, including attacks by vaunted northeastern Protestant pioneers of literacy, Catholic women nonetheless became important educators of women in many areas of America. They founded convents, convent academies, and schools; developed their own curricula and pedagogies; and persisted in their efforts in the face of significant prejudices. The convents faced sharp opposition from Protestant educators, who often played on anti-Catholic fears to gain support for their own schools. Using a performative rhetoric of good works that emphasized civic involvement, Catholic women were able to educate large numbers of women and expand opportunities for literacy instruction. A needed corrective to studies that have focused solely on efforts by Protestant educators, Mattingly’s work offers new insights into early nineteenth-century women’s literacy, demonstrating that literacy education was more religiously and geographically diverse than previously recognized.

Book Timelines of American Women s History

Download or read book Timelines of American Women s History written by Sue Heinemann and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1996 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning five hundred years of American history, this definitive reference provides an incisive look at the contributions that women have made to the social, cultural, political, economic, and scientific development of the United States. Original.

Book American Ecclesiastical Review

Download or read book American Ecclesiastical Review written by Herman Joseph Heuser and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 922 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Saints and Blesseds of the Americas

Download or read book Saints and Blesseds of the Americas written by Fr. Daniel P. Ewald and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kirkus Discoveries book review: Part devotional guide, part encyclopedia, Saints and Blesseds of the Americas will find a welcome place on the shelves of a new generation of Catholics. Ewalds tidy collection provides an exhaustive, country-by-country listing of all the Catholic saints and blesseds of the Western world. In Catholic theology, saints serve as intercessors between humanity and God; blessedsthose who have undergone the process of beatificationare only one step away from becoming saints. Believers pray to either for aid in any number of life pursuits. Perhaps the most gratifying aspect of this catalogue is the fact that it is extremely up to date. Ewald provides not only the saints and blesseds of old but also those recently beatified and canonized. For example, he presents the Blessed Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, martyred in 1993 and beatified by Pope Benedict XVI just last year. This is a timely reference guide at least in part because the previous popeJohn Paul IIwas a prolific supporter of the path to sainthood. According to the Vatican, Pope John Paul II beatified and canonized more individuals than all the popes of the past five centuries combined. Thus, Ewald fulfills an important role in bringing his devout readership up to speed. But currentness is not the volumes only strength. Ewald paints quick but thorough sketches of his many subjects. His brief biographies never run much more than a page or two, but he has an eye for the fine points, and his portraits are always extremely pertinentthere are as few wasted details as there are wasted words. However, though his book serves best as a reference volume, it also provides a surprisingly gratifying reading experience. Ewald has the skill of a storyteller, and each biography features a neat narrative arc. A helpful compendium to the heroes of the American Catholic Church. Ewald, Fr. Daniel P. SAINTS AND BLESSEDS OF THE AMERICAS Xlibris (318 pp.) 2008 ISBN: 978-1-4363-6762-2 Paper: 978-1-4363-6761-5 Kirkus Discoveries, Nielsen Business Media, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 [email protected]

Book Catholic Almanac s Guide to the Church

Download or read book Catholic Almanac s Guide to the Church written by Matthew Bunson and published by Our Sunday Visitor. This book was released on 2001-10-31 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your Concise Guide to All Things Catholic No matter what you want to know about the Catholic Church, you'll find the answer in this one-volume guide. From the composition of the Curia to contemporary saints, from major doctrines to the Third Secret of Fatima, if it's part of the Catholic world, it's here.

Book Scotland s Mark on America

Download or read book Scotland s Mark on America written by George Fraser Black and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1921 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts  Books and Pictures  Book catalog  M Z  Etiquette  Periodicals

Download or read book The Manuscript Inventories and the Catalogs of Manuscripts Books and Pictures Book catalog M Z Etiquette Periodicals written by Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Ecclesiastical Review

Download or read book The Ecclesiastical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Board of General Managers of the Exhibit of the State of New York  at the World s Columbian Exposition

Download or read book Report of the Board of General Managers of the Exhibit of the State of New York at the World s Columbian Exposition written by New York (State). Board of Managers, World's Columbian Exposition and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Documents of the Senate of the State of New York

Download or read book Documents of the Senate of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Senate and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1010 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book New York Catholics

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  • Author : Patrick McNamara
  • Publisher : Orbis Books
  • Release : 2014-07-30
  • ISBN : 1608334422
  • Pages : 346 pages

Download or read book New York Catholics written by Patrick McNamara and published by Orbis Books. This book was released on 2014-07-30 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The historical and spiritual legacy of New York City's largest denomination comes alive in these biographies of 76 women and men whose character and qualities are utterly New York and uniquely Catholic. (back cover).