Women and Twentieth-century Protestantism

Women and Twentieth-century Protestantism
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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Total Pages : 374
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ISBN-10 : 0252069986
ISBN-13 : 9780252069987
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Book Synopsis Women and Twentieth-century Protestantism by : Margaret Lamberts Bendroth

Download or read book Women and Twentieth-century Protestantism written by Margaret Lamberts Bendroth and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors consider the emergence of Latina Pentecostal clergy in the United States and the success of the Women's Missionary Union of the Southern Baptist Convention in remaining independent of male-dominated denominational structures. Among other topics, the authors discuss Chinese immigrant women who embraced the relative freedom offered by Protestant religion, African American women who assumed religious authority through their historical writing, and the struggles of women faith healers in defining their role amid medical and evangelical professionalism.


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