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Author:

Stephan, Scott, 1969-

Title:

Redeeming the southern family : evangelical women and domestic devotion in the antebellum South / Scott Stephan.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

ix, 304 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Christian women--Religious life.
Evangelicalism--Southern States--History--19th century.
Southern States--Religious life and customs.
Southern States--Church history--19th century.

Notes:

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

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

0820332224 (alk. paper)
9780820332222 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)213599739

LCCN:

2008010903

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)