| Description |
314 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Women, religion and the shaping of colonial society, 1788-1880 -- Pt. I. Women in the church, 1880-1960 -- Ch. 2. Women, religion and domesticity -- Ch. 3. Seeking community, seeking impact -- Pt. II. Willing Protestant workers, 1880-1960 -- Ch. 4. Protestant home missionaries -- Ch. 5. The missionary impulse -- Ch. 6. On the field -- Pt. III. Catholic nuns, 1880-1960 -- Ch. 7. Foundations and vocations -- Ch. 8. Monastic life -- Ch. 9. God's willing teachers -- Pt. IV. The revolution and after, 1960-2004 -- Ch. 10. Women, religion and feminism |
| Summary |
"God's Willing Workers examines the ways religious beliefs and institutions have shaped the lives of women in Australia over 200 years. It looks at Catholic nuns, Protestant missionaries, deaconesses and other laywomen. Importantly, it looks at women at home as they grappled with church teachings on sexuality, marriage, and family, gender roles, work and education. Anne O'Brien finds that women were able to use a theology of inclusion to empower themselves, even though the institutions they were part of often depicted them as a secondary sex." "This is the first book to look at women and the church over such a long period and across Australian society and culture. A history of the institutional church, as well as the beliefs and values that drove and at times divided it, Anne O'Brien's work shows that religious history is central to the history of women in Australia. The commitment and dedication of the women described, as well as the anger and anguish that often led to activism, make a compelling and powerful story."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Women - Australia - Religious aspects - Christianity - History |
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Women and religion - Australia |
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Nuns - Australia - Biography |
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Women - Religious life - Australia |
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Women in church work - Australia - History |
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Women in Christianity - Australia - History |
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Women and religion - Australia - History |
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Women |
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Churches |
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History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Bennett, Mary
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Jones, Edith
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Noble, Angelina, approximately 1890-1964
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Long, Retta
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Lock, Annie, 1876-1943
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Kabaila, Peter Rimas, 1955-
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Munro, Florrie, 1893-1987
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Dauvray, Helen, 1858 or 1859-1923.
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Kennedy, Coral
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England, Nellie
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Crawford, Evelyn, 1928-
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Williams, Joyce, 1926-
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Smith, Shirley.
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Ungunmerr-Baumann, Miriam-Rose, 1950-
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McDonald, Connie Nungulla, 1933-
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Thadim, Beatrice, (Sister)
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Women, Aboriginal Australian -- Religious life.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Social conditions.
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Stolen generations (Australia)
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Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Women -- Australia -- New South Wales.
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Women in the Catholic Church -- Australia -- History.
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Women in church work -- Australia -- History.
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Women in Christianity -- Australia -- History.
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Catholic women -- Australia -- History.
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Protestant women -- Australia -- History.
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Women and religion -- Australia.
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Women and religion -- Australia -- History.
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Women -- Australia -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
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Women -- Religious life -- Australia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2006365334 |
| ISBN |
0868405752 |
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9780868405759 |
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