Canadian Methodist Women, 1766-1925: Marys, Marthas, Mothers In Israel - Couverture rigide

Whiteley, Marilyn Fèrdig

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0889204802 ISBN 13 : 9780889204805

Editeur : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Canadian Methodist women, like women of all religious traditions, have expressed their faith in accordance with their denominational heritage. Canadian Methodist Women, 1766-1925: Marys, Marthas, Mothers in Israel analyses the spiritual life and the varied activity of women whose faith helped shape the life of the Methodist Church and of Canadian society from the latter half of the eighteenth century until church union in 1925. Based on extensive reading of periodicals, biographies, autobiographies, and the records of many womens groups across Canada, as well as early histories of Methodism, Whitely tells the story of ordinary women who provided hospitality for itinerant preachers, taught Sunday school, played the melodeon, selected and supported women missionaries, and taught sewing to immigrant girls, thus expressing their faith according to their opportunities. In performing these tasks they sometimes expanded womens roles well beyond their initial boundaries. Focusing on religious practices, Canadian Methodist Women, 1766-1925 provides a broad perspective on the Methodist movement that helped shape nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Canadian society.The use and interpretation of many new or little-used sources will interest those wishing to learn more about the history of women in religion and in Canadian society.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0889204802
• ISBN 13: 9780889204805
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 328