White Roses on the Floor of Heaven
Subtitle: Mormon Women's Popular Theology, 1880-1920 (Religion in History, Society and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 11, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780415977357
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Religion; Religion - Mormon / LDS; Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (; Christianity - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saomts (; Religion / General; Christianity - General; Christianity - Literature & the Arts; American literature; History and criticism; Mormon authors; Mormon women; Social conditions; Theology, Practical
Description: 1. The wider cultural context and the Mormon sources -- 2. The adoption and adaptation of nature and flower imagery by Mormon women writers : the theological and institutional context -- 3. The adoption and adaptation of nature and flower imagery by Mormon women writers : the cultural context -- 4. Femaleness, nature, and virtue : a triangle of theological meaning -- 5. Motherhood and the home in the theology of nature and flower imagery -- 6. Suffering women and the theodicy of nature and flower imagery.