Puritans Behaving Badly: Gender, Punishment, and Religion in Early America

ISBN-13: 9781108746199 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 192 str.

Monica D. Fitzgerald

Opis

Examines the sins and confessions in church disciplinary records to argue that daily practices created a gendered Puritanism.

Recenzje

'… a compelling and accessible read that makes a meaningful intervention in American Religious History, New England History, and Gender History … [It] is essential reading for academics, religious leaders, and activists as we change how we speak about, legislate, and make meaning of gender.' Jaimie D. Crumley, Reading Religion

Spis treści

Introduction: disciplining the sinful: a gendered lived religion; 1. The great hen squabble and regulating the godly path; 2. Drunkards and fornicators on Meeting House Hill: gendered sin and discipline; 3. 'Wicked tongues and wayward behavior': the language of confession; 4. A 'blubbering' war hero and the middle ground of masculinity: the case of Captain John Underhill; 5. 'Unquiet frame of spirit': Ann Hibbens, a troublesome and insubordinate woman; Conclusion. Three generations in the wilderness: gendered Puritanism and separate spheres; Bibliography; Index.