Jesus Is Female: Moravians and Radical Religion in Early America

by Aaron Spencer Fogleman

Book Overview

In the middle of the Great Awakening, a group of religious radicals called Moravians came to North America from Germany to pursue ambitious missionary goals. How did the Protestant establishment react to the efforts of this group, which allowed women to preach, practiced alternative forms of marriage, sex, and family life, and believed Jesus could be female? Aaron Spencer Fogleman explains how these views, as well as the Moravians' missionary successes,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812220269
• ISBN13: 9780812220261
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 9.0"