Visionary Women: Ecstatic Prophecy in Seventeenth-Century EnglandThis study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the significance 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. |
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... reason in the activities of worship and meditation , as male writers now did , women stressed the principles of universal love and personal virtue , principles they frequently depicted in mystical , highly feminine imagery . Their most ...
... reason in the activities of worship and meditation , as male writers now did , women stressed the principles of universal love and personal virtue , principles they frequently depicted in mystical , highly feminine imagery . Their most ...
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... reason for the fluidity of Lady Eleanor's public persona lies not in the temperament of the real woman , nor in those of the individuals around her , but in the images and stereotypes about women that pervaded the culture in which she ...
... reason for the fluidity of Lady Eleanor's public persona lies not in the temperament of the real woman , nor in those of the individuals around her , but in the images and stereotypes about women that pervaded the culture in which she ...
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... reason for this volatility must lie with Lady Eleanor's own extremely volatile personality , which inspired one of her early adversaries to heights of invective : " I will spend no more term time upon thee Hecate , Medusa , legion ...
... reason for this volatility must lie with Lady Eleanor's own extremely volatile personality , which inspired one of her early adversaries to heights of invective : " I will spend no more term time upon thee Hecate , Medusa , legion ...
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... reason for the fluidity of Lady Eleanor's public persona lies not in the temperament of the real woman , nor in those of the individuals around her , but in the images and stereotypes about women that pervaded the culture in which she ...
... reason for the fluidity of Lady Eleanor's public persona lies not in the temperament of the real woman , nor in those of the individuals around her , but in the images and stereotypes about women that pervaded the culture in which she ...
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... reason for the witch's traditional affinity with animals , both as familiars and as victims , was undoubtedly the perception that her pact with the devil meant the triumph of animal appetite over reason or morality , a victory that was ...
... reason for the witch's traditional affinity with animals , both as familiars and as victims , was undoubtedly the perception that her pact with the devil meant the triumph of animal appetite over reason or morality , a victory that was ...
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