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A survey of women's experiences in the American communitarian movement from the 19th century to the present. This volume covers a wide range of religious, secular and modern interactive-psychology communities, focusing on women in the complexity and multiplicity of their roles.
In deze interdisciplinair samengestelde bundel essays wordt aandacht geschonken aan de rol en de ervaringen van vrouwen in spirituele, ideële en seculiere gemeenschappen in de Verenigde Staten van de 18e eeuw tot laat in de 20e eeuw. Deze bundel bevat, na een introductie door Marlyn Klee-Hartzell de volgende bijdragen: Sojourner Truth : utopian vision and search for community, 1797-1883 / door Wendy E. Chmielewski: Women's experiences in the American Owenite communities / door Carol A. Kolmerten: Heaven on earth : the Woman's Commonwealth, 1867-1983 / door Wendy E. Chmielewski: Creative women of Brook Farm / door Lucy M. Freibert: Shaker Fancy Goods : women's work and presentation of self in the community context in the Victorian era / door Beverly Gordon: 'In the bonds of true love and friendship' : some meanings of 'Gospel affection' and 'Gospel Union' in Shaker Sisters' letters and poems / door Rosemary D. Gooden: Sexual equality and economic authority : the Shaker experience, 1784-1900 / door Karen K. en Pamela J. Nickless: 'Thou of the weaker sex' : a reassessment of gender equality among the Shakers / door Priscilla J. Brewer: Organizing for service : challenges to community life and work decisions in Catholic sisterhoods / door Mary J. Oates: 'Diamond cut diamond' : the Mormon wife vs. the true woman, 1840-1890 / door Kathy Marquis: Family love, true womanliness, motherhood, and the socialization of girls in the Oneida community, 1848-1880 / door Marlyn Klee-Hartzell: Pronatalism, midwifery, and synergistic marriage : spiritual enlightenment and sexual ideology on the farm (Tennessee) / door Louis J. Kern: Female education in the Lubavitcher community : the Beth Rivkah and Machon Chana schools / door Bonnie Morris: Colony girl : a Hutterite childhood / door Ruth Baer Lambach: the power of feminism at Twin Oaks community / door Zena Goldenberg.
The Bible has been written, translated, and interpreted for centuries by men in cultures that were patriarchal. In patriarchy, women are subordinated within the gradations of a hierarchical society. Material on women, therefore has often been misinterpreted or overlooked. In some instances, generic nouns and pronouns in the original languages have been translated into English as masculine words. A careful textual study must be made using all the available tools of biblical scholarship. An accurate understanding of the meaning of words must be sought. Also, readers must try to discern the intentions of the author and try to gain a knowledge of the historical and social background of the biblical material. The demands of God must be distinguished from the demands of a particular culture. The bible as a whole makes it clear that God's people are to bring justice and wholeness to all human beings. the injunctions that degrade women do not provide principles valid for every age of Christianity but instead reflect cultural situations in which men related to women through dominance. The standard for the Christian community today should be the glimmers of female dignity and leadership that shine through the pages of the Bible.
Lubavitcher Women in America offers a rare look at the world of Hasidic women activists since World War II. The revival of ultra-Orthodox Judaism in the second half of the twentieth century has baffled many assimilated American Jews, especially those Jewish feminists hostile to Orthodox interpretations of women's roles. This text gives voice to the lives of those Hasidic women who served the late Lubavitcher Rebbe as educators and outreach activists, and examines their often successful efforts to recruit other Jewish women to the Lubavitcher community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Central to this book is how Lubavitcher women have "talked back" to American feminist thought. Arguing that American feminism cannot liberate Jewish women—that a specifically Jewish spirituality is more appropriate and fulfilling—Lubavitcher women have helped to swell the ranks of their Rebbe's followers by aggressively promoting the appeal of traditional, structured Jewish observance. The book thus offers a unique look at female anti-feminist religious rhetoric, articulately presented by Jewish "fundamentalists."
From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination. Seventeen original essays here demonstrate the relevance of such groups to the mainstream of American social, religious, and economic life. The contributors examine the beliefs and practices of the most prominent utopian communities founded before 1965, including the long-overlooked Catholic monastic communities and Jewish agricultural colonies. Also featured are the Ephrata Baptists, Moravians, Shakers, Harmonists, Hutterites, Inspirationists of Amana, Mormons, Owenites, Fourierists, Icarians, Janssonists, Theosophists, Cyrus Teed's Koreshans, and Father Divine's Peace Mission. Based on a new conceptual framework known as developmental communalism, the book examines these utopian movements throughout the course of their development--before, during, and after their communal period. Each chapter includes a brief chronology, giving basic information about the group discussed. An appendix presents the most complete list of American utopian communities ever published. The contributors are Jonathan G. Andelson, Karl J. R. Arndt, Pearl W. Bartelt, Priscilla J. Brewer, Donald F. Durnbaugh, Lawrence Foster, Carl J. Guarneri, Robert V. Hine, Gertrude E. Huntington, James E. Landing, Dean L. May, Lawrence J. McCrank, J. Gordon Melton, Donald E. Pitzer, Robert P. Sutton, Jon Wagner, and Robert S. Weisbrot.
This bibliography sets out a list of all academic studies of Chabad-Lubavich women. This list will assist future research efforts to study the women of this mystical movement.
"Rosemary Radford Ruether's authoritative, award-winning critique of women's unequal standing in the church, which explored the complex history of redemption in evaluating conflict over the fundamental meaning of the Christian gospel for gender relations, is now in an updated and expanded edition. Ruether highlights women theologians' work to challenge the patriarchal paradigm of historical theology and to present redemption linked to the liberation of women. Ruether turns her attention to the situation of women globally and how the growing plurality of women's voices from multicultural and multireligious contexts articulates feminist liberation theology today." --Publisher description.
The Reader's Guide to Women's Studies is a searching and analytical description of the most prominent and influential works written in the now universal field of women's studies. Some 200 scholars have contributed to the project which adopts a multi-layered approach allowing for comprehensive treatment of its subject matter. Entries range from very broad themes such as "Health: General Works" to entries on specific individuals or more focused topics such as "Doctors."
This collection of twenty-four original essays by leading scholars in American women's history highlights the most recent important scholarship on the key debates and future directions of this popular and contemporary field. Covers the breadth of American Women's history, including the colonial family, marriage, health, sexuality, education, immigration, work, consumer culture, and feminism. Surveys and evaluates the best scholarship on every important era and topic. Includes expanded bibliography of titles to guide further research.
This four-volume set examines every social movement in American history - from the great struggles for abolition, civil rights, and women's equality to the more specific quests for prohibition, consumer safety, unemployment insurance, and global justice.