Visionary Women by Phyllis Mack
This study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the significance of gender for religious visionaries between 1650 and 1700. Phyllis Mack focuses on the Society of Friends, or Quakers, the largest radical sectarian group active during the English Civil War and Interregnum. The meeting records, correspondence, almanacs, autobiographical and religious writings left by the early Quakers enable Mack to present a textured portrait of their evolving spirituality. Parallel sources on men and women provide a unique opportunity to pose theoretical questions about the meaning of gender, such as whether a women's spirituality can be identified, or whether religious women are more or less emotional than men.
Phyllis Mack, Professor of History at Rutgers University, is the author of Calvinist Preaching and Iconoclasm in the Netherlands, 1544 - 1569.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780520089372 |
| ISBN 10 | 0520089375 |
| Title | Visionary Women |
| Author | Phyllis Mack |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Year published | 1995-01-05 |
| Number of pages | 488 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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