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Obras de Rebecca Larson

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1959
Sexo
female

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More than a thousand Quaker female ministers were active in the Anglo-American world before the Revolutionary War when the Society of Friends constituted the colonies' third-largest religious group. Some of these women circulated throughout British North America; others crossed the Atlantic to deliver their inspired messages. In this public role, they preached in courthouses, meeting houses, and private homes, to audiences of men and women, to Quakers and those of other faiths, to Native Americans and slaves. The author reconstructs the activities of these women. She offers striking insights into the ways their public, authoritative role affected the formation of their identities, their families, and their society. Extensively researched and compellingly written, Daughters of Light enriches our understanding of religion and women's lives in colonial America.… (mais)
 
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PAFM | outras 2 resenhas | Aug 12, 2020 |
Daughters of Light
by Rebecca Larson

This informative and well written book, published in 1999, is based on the author’s PhD dissertation at Harvard University in 1993. It describes in detail the lives of Quaker women from both sides of the Atlantic who travelled for the ministry of their Quaker faith to and in the American colonies in the period 1700 to 1775. The book lists about 350 of these travelling ministers; but for Birmingham Friends its greatest interest is the frequent references to the life of Elizabeth Webb, a travelling minister and founder of our Meeting.
In the beginning the author explains how George Fox’s concept of Quakerism led to the encouragement of women to become travelling ministers when none of the other Christian faiths had done so. This was, perhaps, the first efforts at the emancipation of women in western society. In the early 18th century about one third of the travelling ministers were women and by the end of the Colonial era the proportions of men and women were about equal. Most Meetings provided one or more travelling ministers and, when necessary, they also provided support for the minister’s family. With such support, most of the women who were travelling ministers were able to raise families on a normal schedule, the ten children of Elizabeth Webb being no exception.
The main purpose of travelling ministry was “In service of Truth”, by which was meant that the ministers would travel from one Meeting to another, not to proselytize but to help maintain uniformity of practice of their faith. Frequent Atlantic crossings ensured uniformity in both England and the American colonies.
This very readable book is a recent addition to our library and will be very helpful to any Friend interested in the history of our Quaker faith.

Reviewed by Tod Baseden; January, 2017.
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BirmFrdsMtg | outras 2 resenhas | Jan 16, 2017 |

Estatísticas

Obras
2
Membros
126
Popularidade
#159,216
Avaliação
4.1
Resenhas
3
ISBNs
2

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