RT Book
T1 Female friends and the making of transatlantic Quakerism, 1650-1750
T2 Cambridge studies in early modern British history
A1 Pullin, Naomi 1987-
LA English
PP Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY, USA Port Melbourne, Australia New Delhi, India Singapore
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1004792514
AB Quaker women were unusually active participants in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century cultural and religious exchange, as ministers, missionaries, authors and spiritual leaders. Drawing upon documentary evidence, with a focus on women's personal writings and correspondence, Naomi Pullin explores the lives and social interactions of Quaker women in the British Atlantic between 1650 and 1750. Through a comparative methodology, focused on Britain and the North American colonies, Pullin examines the experiences of both those women who travelled and preached and those who stayed at home. The book approaches the study of gender and religion from a new perspective by placing women's roles, relationships and identities at the centre of the analysis. It shows how the movement's transition from 'sect to church' enhanced the authority and influence of women within the movement and uncovers the multifaceted ways in which female Friends at all levels were active participants in making and sustaining transatlantic Quakerism
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN BX7748.W64
SN 9781316510230
SN 1316510239
K1 Quaker women : History
K1 Female friendship : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Society of Friends : History
K1 Quaker women
K1 Society of Friends