Without benefit of clergy : women and the pastoral relationship in nineteenth-century American culture

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Label

Without benefit of clergy : women and the pastoral relationship in nineteenth-century American culture

Title remainder

women and the pastoral relationship in nineteenth-century American culture

Statement of responsibility

Karin E. Gedge

Creator

• Gedge, Karin E., (Karin Erdevig), 1949-

Subject

• Christian women -- Religious life -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Clergy -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Clergy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• United States -- Church history -- 19th century
• Christian women -- Pastoral counseling of -- United States -- History -- 19th century

Language

eng

Summary

The common view of the 19th century pastoral relationship, was that women and clergymen formed a natural alliance. In this book, Karin Gedge tests this thesis by examining the pastoral relationship from the perspective of the minister, the female parishioner, and the larger culture

Dewey number

259.0820973

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Target audience

specialized