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Green, Todd H.

 
9789004194793: Responding to Secularization: The Deaconess Movement in Nineteenth-Century Sweden

Synopsis

Focusing on the female diaconates contributions to education, health care, and poor relief in nineteenth-century Sweden, this book challenges long-standing secularization theories by arguing that modernization created new possibilities and opportunities for religious communities to wield public influence.

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À propos de l'auteur

Todd H. Green, Ph.D. (2007) in Religion, Vanderbilt University, is Assistant Professor of Religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. His research and publications focus on secularization in early modern and modern European history.

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