Without Benefit of Clergy
Subtitle: Women and the Pastoral Relationship in Nineteenth-Century American Culture (Religion in America)
Contributors: Harry S. Stout (Series Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: October 11, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780195130201
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Christian theology; Religious social & pastoral thought & activity; Women's studies; c 1800 to c 1900; Religion; Religion - Church History; USA; Christianity - History - General; History / United States / 19th Century; Religion / Church History; 19th century; Christian women; Clergy; History; Religious life; Sexual behavior; United States
First sentence: During the decades before the Civil War, many European travelers to the young United States felt obliged to record their observations of the novel "experiment" in democracy, to assess the viability of this new form of government, and to publish their reports for both European and American audiences.