Canadian Methodist women, 1766-1925
Subtitle: Marys, Marthas, mothers in Israel
By: by Marilyn Färdig Whiteley
Contributors: Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion
Series: Studies in women and religion/Études sur les femmes et la religion -- v. 10; Studies in women and religion (Waterloo, Ont.) -- v. 10
Publisher: Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion/Corporation candienne des sciences religieuses by Wilfrid Laurier University Press; Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Waterloo, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Methodist Church -- Canada -- History; Women in the Methodist Church -- Canada -- History; Methodist women -- Canada -- History
Description: "Canadian Methodist women, like women of all religious traditions, have expressed their faith in accordance with their denominational heritage. Canadian Methodist Women, 1766-1925: Marys, Marthas, Mothers in Israel analyzes the spiritual life and the varied activities of women whose faith helped shape the life of the Methodist Church and of Canadian society from the latter half of the eighteenth century until church union in 1925." "Based on extensive readings of periodicals, biographies, autobiographies, and the records of many women's groups across Canada, as well as early histories of Methodism, Marilyn Fardig Whiteley tells the story of ordinary women who provided hospitality for itinerant preachers, taught Sunday school, played the melodeon, selected and supported women missionaries, and taught sewing to immigrant girls, thus expressing their faith according to their opportunities. In performing these tasks they sometimes expanded women's roles well beyond their initial boundaries." "Focusing on religious practices, Canadian Methodist Women, 1766-1925 provides a broad perspective on the Methodist movement that helped shape nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century Canadian society. The use and interpretation of many new or little-used sources will interest those wishing to learn more about the history of women in religion and in Canadian society."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and index