Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840–1900
Christian Home in Victorian America, 1840–1900
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208828
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 22/03/1994
Width: 15.6 cm
Height: 23.5 cm
" . . . wonderfully imaginative and provocative in its interdisciplinary approach to the study of nineteenth-century American religion and women's role within it." —Choice
" . . . an important addition to the fields of religious studies, women's history, and American cultural history." —Journal of the American Academy of Religion
" . . . a complete and complex portrait of the Christian home." —The Journal of American History
Foreword by Catherine L. Albanese and Stephen J. Stein
Preface
1. Church, Home, and Society
2. Domestic Architecture and the Protestant
3. Catholic Domesticity
4. Rituals of the Hearth
5. Leaders at the Domestic Altar: The Paternal Model
6. Leaders at the Domestic Altar: The Maternal Model
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
"... wonderfully imaginative and provocative in its interdisciplinary approach to the study of nineteenth-century American religion and women's role within it." Choice " ... an important addition to the fields of religious studies, women's history, and American cultural history." Journal of the American Academy of Religion " ... a complete and complex portrait of the Christian home." The Journal of American History
