Title Disorderly women : sexual politics & Evangelicalism in revolutionary New England / Susan Juster

Published Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) Contents 1. "Breaking" the Sabbath: The Evangelical Challenge in the Great Awakening -- 2. "All Things Are Become New": The Conversion Experience -- 3. "To Watch Over Each Other's Conversation": Church Discipline -- 4. "To Grow Up into a State of Manhood": The Sexual Politics of Evangelicalism in Revolutionary America -- 5. "The Disorder of Women": The Feminization of Sin, 1780-1830 -- 6. "In a Different Voice": Postrevolutionary Conversion Narratives Summary "Throughout most of the eighteenth century and particularly during the religious revivals of the Great Awakening, evangelical women in colonial New England participated vigorously in major church decisions, from electing pastors to disciplining backsliding members. After the Revolutionary War, however, women were excluded from political life, not only in their churches but in the new republic as well. Reconstructing the history of this change, Susan Juster shows how a common view of masculinity and femininity shaped both radical religion and revolutionary politics in America." "Juster compares contemporary accounts of Baptist women and men who voice their conversion experiences, theological opinions, and preoccupation with personal conflicts and pastoral controversies. At times, the ardent revivalist message of spiritual individualism appeared to sanction sexual anarchy. According to one contemporary, the revival attempted "to make all things common, wives as well as goods." The place of women at the center of evangelical life in the mid-eighteenth century, Juster finds, reflected the extent to which evangelical religion itself was perceived as "feminine"--Emotional, sensual, and ultimately marginal."--Jacket Analysis Christianity Women Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Baptist women -- New England -- History -- 18th century Baptists -- New England -- History -- 18th century Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 18th century Evangelicalism -- New England -- History -- 18th century 15.85 history of America. HISTORY -- United States -- Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) Baptist women. Baptists. Evangelicalism. Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines. Baptisten Geschlechterrolle Erweckungsbewegung Frau Vrouwen. Baptisten. Evangelischen. Baptist women -- New England -- History -- 18th century. Baptists -- New England -- History -- 18th century. Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- 18th century. Evangelicalism -- New England -- History -- 18th century. Geschichte 1700-1800. SUBJECT New England -- Church history -- 18th century Subject New England. Neuengland New England -- Church history -- 18th century. Genre/Form Church history. History. Form Electronic book LC no. 94191656 ISBN 9781501731389 1501731386

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