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 -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• United States -- Church history -- 19th century
• Clergy -- Sexual behavior -- United States -- 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

Member of

• Religion in America series
• Oxford scholarship online, Religion module
• Oxford scholarship online

Cataloging source

StDuBDS

Dewey number

259.0820973

Illustrations

• illustrations
• portraits
• plates

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

• Religion in America series
• Oxford scholarship online

Target audience

specialized