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Female Piety in Puritan New England the Emergence of Religious Humanism

This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals and established the standards against which the moral character of real women was measured.

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  • "Emergence of religious humanism"@en

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  • "A synthesis of literary critical and historical methods, Porterfield's book combines insightful analysis of Puritan theological writings with detailed examinations of historical records showing the changing patterns of church membership and domestic life. She finds that by conflating marriage as a trope of grace with marriage as a social construct, Puritan ministers invested relationships between husbands and wives with religious meaning. Images of female piety represented the humility that Puritans believed led all Christians to self-control and, ultimately, to love. But while images of female piety were important for men primarily as aids to controlling aggression and ambition, they were primarily attractive to women as aids to exercising indirect influence over men and obtaining public recognition and status."
  • "This treatise documents the claim that, for Puritan men and women alike, the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. It argues that these images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals and established the standards against which the moral character of real women was measured."@en

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  • "History"@en
  • "History"
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  • "Church history"@en
  • "Church history"
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  • "Female Piety in Puritan New England the Emergence of Religious Humanism"@en
  • "Female piety in puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism"
  • "Female piety in Puritan New England the emergence of religious humanism"
  • "Female piety in Puritan New England the emergence of religious humanism"@en
  • "Female piety in Puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism"@en
  • "Female piety in Puritan New England"
  • "Female piety in Puritan New England : the emergence of religious humanism"
  • "Female piety in Puritan New England"@en

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