Author:
Porterfield, Amanda, 1947-
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.
Descriptionx, 207 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:Eros, Conscience, and the Making of Puritan Society -- Aggression in Puritan Theology and English Society -- Antecedents of Puritan Attitudes Toward Marriage and Sexuality -- The Elevation of Intention Over Abstention in Puritan Theology -- The Development of Erotic Themes in New England Theology -- Female Piety in the Lives of Thomas Hooker, Thomas Shepard, and John Cotton -- Thomas Hooker, Whose Temper Was Like a "Mastiff Dog on a Chain" -- Thomas Shepard, Who Felt God "Withdraw" -- John Cotton, "The Meekest of the Earth" -- Anne Hutchinson, Anne Bradstreet, and the Importance of Women in Puritan Culture -- Scholarly Controversies About Puritan Women -- The indirect Authority of Puritan Women -- The Direct Authority of Maternal Influence in Puritain CultureAnne Hutchinson, Radical Exponent of Female Piety -- Anne Bradstreeet, Religious Humanist -- The Rise and Fall of Female Piety as a Symbol of New England -- The Social Referents of Female Piety as a Symbol of New England -- Changes in the Practice and Meaning of Female Fasting -- The Lord's Supper as a Celebration of Domestic Life -- Eucharistic Female Suffering as a Symbol of New England's Strength -- Mary Rowlandson and the Ironies of Religious Humanism -- Witchcraft and the Resurgence of Supernaturalism.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-200) and index.
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