Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions Explorations Outside the Mainstream |
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Editor:
| Wessinger, Catherine |
ISBN: | 978-0-252-06332-9 |
Publication Date: | Jan 1993 |
Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $61.99 |
Book Description:
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Marginal religions in the United States have been supportive of women taking leadership roles at least since the nineteenth century. In Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions, historians, folklorists, and theologians explore what factors within these groups support women's religious leadership. The religions examined are Shakerism, ......
Marginal religions in the United States have been supportive of women taking leadership roles at least since the nineteenth century. In Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions, historians, folklorists, and theologians explore what factors within these groups support women's religious leadership. The religions examined are Shakerism, ......