Responding to secularization the deaconess movement in nineteenth-century Sweden / [electronic resource] :
by Todd H. Green.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
- 1 online resource (viii, 188 p.)
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions, v. 153 1573-5664 ; .
- Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 153. .
Based on the author's dissertation (Vanderbilt University).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and index.
The secularization debate : an introduction to the problematic relationship between religion and modernity -- The female diaconate in nineteenth-century Sweden -- Education -- Health care -- Poor relief -- The social significance of Swedish deaconesses.