Catherine A. Brekus

Strangers and Pilgrims (eBook, ePUB)

Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; “Old Elizabeth,” an ex-slave who courageously traveled to the South to preach against slavery in the early nineteenth century; Harriet Livermore, who spoke in front of Congress four times between 1827 and 1844 — these are just a few of the extraordinary women profiled in this, the first comprehensive history of female preaching in early America. Drawing on a wide range of sources, Catherine Brekus examines the lives of more than a hundred female preachers — both white and African American — who crisscrossed the country between 1740 and 1845. Outspoken, visionary, and sometimes contentious, these women stepped into the pulpit long before twentieth-century battles over female ordination began. They were charismatic, popular preachers, who spoke to hundreds and even thousands of people at camp and revival meetings, and yet with but a few notable exceptions — such as Sojourner Truth — these women have essentially vanished from our history. Recovering their stories, Brekus shows, forces us to rethink many of our common assumptions about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2000
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780807866542
• Artikelnr.: 49971013

Autorenporträt

Catherine A. Brekus teaches American religious history at the University of Chicago.