Abstract
This book covers new ground in its focus on the Anglican Church congresses 1861-1938 as a public space in which the views or notable women were widely disseminated. It celebrates the contribution made by women to public life and discourse on womanhood as platform speakers, and commemorates the presence of the large numbers of women who joined congresses as audience members.
Original research draws on extensive primary sources from official records, diaries and the press to capture women's views and voices and to evoke congress as a communicative social space and a window into topical affairs. Women and the Anglican Church Congress 1862=1-1938 examines the roles of women in the Church and reflects on how women with a sense of vocation negotiated contemporary attitudes to their spirituality. The book also explores how women's secular aspirations towards citizenship in the context of poverty, work ,temperance, eugenics, class and suffrage played out at congress.
Original research draws on extensive primary sources from official records, diaries and the press to capture women's views and voices and to evoke congress as a communicative social space and a window into topical affairs. Women and the Anglican Church Congress 1862=1-1938 examines the roles of women in the Church and reflects on how women with a sense of vocation negotiated contemporary attitudes to their spirituality. The book also explores how women's secular aspirations towards citizenship in the context of poverty, work ,temperance, eugenics, class and suffrage played out at congress.
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | London |
Number of pages | 259 |
Publication status | Published - 18 May 2023 |
Event | Women's History Walk promoting Women and The Anglican Church Congress: Faculty Ramble - Winchester various locations , Winchester, United Kingdom Duration: 23 May 2023 → 23 May 2023 |
Publication series
Name | Bloomsbury Studies in Religion Gender and Sexuality |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Academic |
Keywords
- Anglican
- Gender
- Church congresses
- history
- Women
- Space
- place
- agency