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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1998. This collection of original essays identifies and analyzes 19th-century women''s theological thought in all its diversity, demonstrating the ways that women revised, subverted, or rejected elements of masculine theology in creating theologies of their own. While women''s religion has been widely studied, this is the only collection of essays that examines 19th-century women''s theology as such
A substantial introduction clarifies the relationships between religion and theology and discusses the barriers to women''s participation in theological discourse as well as the ways women overcame or avoided these barriers. The essays analyze theological ideas in a variety of genres. The first group of essays discusses women''s nonfiction prose, including women''s devotional writings on the Apocalypse; devotional prose by Christina Rossetti and its similarities to the work of Hildegard von Bingen; periodical prose by Anna Jameson and Julia Wedgwood; and the letters of
Trade Review"...original in its subject matter and ambitious in its claims." -- Victorian Studies
Table of ContentsWomen’s Theology and Nonfiction Prose, Women’s Theology and the Novel, Reformers Write, Beyond Victorian Christianity.
