Sisters and Saints Women and American Religion

Name: Sisters and Saints Women and American Religion
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ISBN: 9780195333091

ISBN-10: 0195333098

ISBN-13: 9780195333091

Edition: 2008

Authors: Ann Braude

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"Women are the backbone of the church," says an old African-American aphorism. Since the 1660s, women have made up the majority of members in almost all American religious groups. They have provided essential financial and social support and worked tirelessly in the background of church-based activities. Throughout American history, women have raised money for churches and synagogues, embroidered altar clothes, taught Sunday school, prepared parish meals, and sung in the choir. They have educated their children in their beliefs and taken them to their places of worship. Yet it is primarily men who have historically occupied the high rungs of church hierarchy and made the important decisions…

Book details

List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 144
Size: 8.11" wide x 5.39" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English

Ann Braude teaches at the Harvard Divinity School and is co-editor of Roots of Bitterness: Documents in the Social History of American Women.