Redeeming the southern family :

Stephan, Scott, 1969-

Redeeming the southern family : evangelical women and domestic devotion in the antebellum South / Scott Stephan. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, ©2008. - 1 online resource (ix, 304 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-293) and index.

Introduction. From Cane Ridge to the Bible Belt : evangelicalism, gender, and the southern household in the antebellum era -- Taming the Second Great Awakening : evangelical identity and worship patterns in the antebellum South -- Courting women, courting God : strenuous courtships and holy unions -- Improvising on the ideal : evangelical marriages in the antebellum South -- "Unto whom much is given" : childbirth, child rearing, and coming of age in the evangelical home -- Authoring the good death : illness, deathbed narratives, and women's authority -- Epilogue. "We walk by faith and not by sight" : Evangelicals and the Civil War-era South.

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22573/ctt3q5gkg JSTOR




1800-1899


Christian women--Religious life.
Evangelicalism--History--Southern States--19th century.
RELIGION--Christianity--General.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Social Issues.
HISTORY--United States--19th Century.
Evangelikale Bewegung
Religiöses Leben
Frau.
Christian women--Religious life.
Evangelicalism.


Southern States--Religious life and customs.
Southern States--Church history--19th century.
USA--Südstaaten
Southern States.


Electronic books.
Church history.
History.

BV4527 / .S7325 2008eb

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