Labour, love, and prayer
Subtitle: female piety in Ulster religious literature, 1850-1914
By: Andrea Ebel Brożyna.
Contributors: Queen's University of Belfast. Institute of Irish Studies.
Series: McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion.
Publisher: Institute of Irish Studies, Queen's University of Belfast; McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Belfast; Montreal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Christian literature, English -- History and criticism.; English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticism.; Authors, Irish -- Homes and haunts -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); Women -- Books and reading -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); Women -- Religious life -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); Women and literature -- Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland); Women in literature.; Piety in literature.; Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) -- Religious life and customs.
Description: By examining the central role played by Protestant and Catholic women in establishing the religious faith of their children and, by extension, the future of their respective communities, Labour, Love, and Prayer explores the construction of female stereotypes during a period of mounting religious tension in Ireland. Andrea Ebel Brozyna compares ideas of faith and family in both cultures, highlighting the remarkable similarities in their views and each group's stubborn refusal to acknowledge them.

An interesting new look at the Irish problem, Labour, Love, and Prayer makes a valuable contribution to the histories of women, Ireland, and religion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-286) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : setting the scene; title: "The right to labour, love, and pray" : the cult of domesticity in Ulster religious literature; title: The Virgin Mary : model of Christian female spirituality; title: Women of the Bible and early church : mortal sinners and model saints; title: "A future of blessing and service" : the moral education of Ulster girls; title: "The wind in women's wings" : defining roles for women in Ulster protestant churches; title: "The cursed cup hath cast her down" : images of women in Ulster temperance literature; title: "She hath done what she could" : the gendered construction of female piety in Ulster protestant women's missionary literature; title: Conclusion.