Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century

Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century England

This study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the signficance of gender for religious visionaries between 1650 and 1700. Phyllis Mack focuses on the Society of Friends, or Quakers, the largest radical sectarian group active during the English Civil War and Interregnum. The meeting records, correspondence, almanacs, autobiographical and religious writings left by the early Quakers enable Mack to present a textured portrait of their evolving spirituality. Parallel sources on men and women provide a unique opportunity to pose theoretical questions about the meaning of gender, such as whether a "women's spirituality" can be identified, or whether religious women are more or less emotional than men.
Country USA
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 1995-01-05
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520089372

Country	USA
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	1995-01-05
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520089372

Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century England