Female Piety in Puritan New England: The Emergence of Religious Humanism

by Amanda Porterfield

Book Overview

A synthesis of literary critical and historical methods, Porterfield's book combines insightful analysis of Puritan theological writings with detailed examinations of historical records showing the changing patterns of church membership and domestic life. She finds that by conflating marriage as a trope of grace with marriage as a social construct, Puritan ministers invested relationships between husbands and wives with religious meaning. Images of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195068211
• ISBN13: 9780195068214
• Release Date: November 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"