Green, Todd H.

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.

9789004209671 (electronic bk.) 9004209670 (electronic bk.)


Deaconesses--History--Sweden--19th century.
Secularism--History--Sweden--19th century.
RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations


Sweden--Church history--19th century.


Electronic books.

BV4423 / .G74 2011eb

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