Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions: Explorations Outside the MainstreamCatherine Wessinger University of Illinois Press, 1993 - 246 pages Women's leadership in Spiritualism and Christian Science / Ann Braude -- The feminism of "Universal Brotherhood," women in the Theosophical Movement / Robert Ellwood and Catherine Wessinger -- Emma Curtis Hopkins, a feminist of the 1880's and mother of new thought / J. Gordon Melton -- Myrtle Fillmore and her daughters, an observation and analysis of the role of women in Unity / Dell deChant -- Woman guru, woman roshi, the legitimation of female religious leadership in Hindu and Buddhist groups in America / Catherine Wessinger. -- Part 3. Contemporary women as creators of religion: Ritual validations of clergywomen's authority in the African American Spiritual churches of New Orleans / David C. Estes --. - Twentieth-century women's religion as seen in the feminist spirit. |
Table des matières
Shakerism and Feminism | 23 |
Pentecostal Women | 41 |
Womens Leadership | 55 |
Mother of New Thought | 88 |
An Observation | 102 |
The Legitimation of Female | 125 |
Ritual Validations of Clergywomens Authority | 149 |
The WomenChurch Movement in Contemporary Christianity | 196 |
Contributors | 233 |
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Expressions et termes fréquents
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