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Handmaidens of the Lord : Pentecostal Women Preachers and Traditional Religion / Elaine J. Lawless.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publications of the American Folklore SocietyPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1988Description: 1 online resource (296 p.) : 11 illusContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780812212655
  • 9781512803839
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 289.9/4/088042 19
LOC classification:
  • BV676
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. This Is My Story: This Is Where I Came From -- 2. Spiritual Life Stories: Traditional Narratives as Alternative "Fictions" -- 3. Evangelists and Pastors: Saving Souls and Mothering Congregations -- 4. Sacrifice and Salvation: Themes in Women's Sermons -- 5. Reproductive Images and the Maternal Strategy of the Woman Preacher -- Epilogue: A New Script with a Familiar Ending -- Appendix: Texts of Sermons -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Includes life histories of four women preachers, transcriptions of sermons, and analysis by Lawless of both life stories and sermons.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781512803839

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Maps -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. This Is My Story: This Is Where I Came From -- 2. Spiritual Life Stories: Traditional Narratives as Alternative "Fictions" -- 3. Evangelists and Pastors: Saving Souls and Mothering Congregations -- 4. Sacrifice and Salvation: Themes in Women's Sermons -- 5. Reproductive Images and the Maternal Strategy of the Woman Preacher -- Epilogue: A New Script with a Familiar Ending -- Appendix: Texts of Sermons -- Bibliography -- Index

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Includes life histories of four women preachers, transcriptions of sermons, and analysis by Lawless of both life stories and sermons.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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