![]() | Prophetic Sons and Daughters: Female Preaching and Popular Religion in Industrial England Subjects: Women clergy -- England -- History -- 19th century; Methodist Church -- England -- History -- 19th century; England -- Church history -- 19th century; England -- Religious life and customs; In a study important to the fields of women's studies and English literature, as well as to the religious and social history of Britain, Deborah Valenze argues the significance of a cottage-based evangelicalism that responded to the transformation of England in the nineteenth century. She goes beyond previous treatments of popular religion by offering a glimpse into the lives of humble people for whom a domestic form of religion became the focal point of daily activity. In addition, she opens up a hitherto unknown aspect of the history of nineteenth-century women by demonstrating the importance of working-class female preachers--vigorous ministers who risked their physical well-being and reputations by traveling widely on their own and speaking publicly to audiences of both sexes. |
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