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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Morgan, Bonnie, 1969- Ordinary saints. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2019] (DLC) 2020416058 (OCoLC)1089910925 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Bonnie Morgan |
ISBN: | 9780228000280 0228000270 0228000289 9780228000273 9780773558915 0773558918 9780773558908 077355890X |
OCLC Number: | 1111802025 |
Description: | 1 online resource (xxiv, 332 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | "They worked harder than the men": The context of Anglican Women's Lives in Mid-1900s Conception Bay -- Families that work together, worship together: the practice of everyday religion in Anglican households -- "Everything was for Sunday": Living the Holy days -- "We had lots of trouble": Mixed marriages, women's conversion, and religious experimentation -- "Aunt Dorcas and the babies Was a revered thing": Midwifery, childbirth, and embodied religious practices -- "Our sisters ... placed bows of ribbon in her grave": Exploring women-led funeral rituals -- "We Must Not Weep for a sister deceased": Women, Christian consolation, and Imagining eternity -- "Something good had been accomplished": Women, cultures of Suffering, and Acts of Christian mercy -- Apron Christianity: Textile production, devotional practice, and the expression of benevolent mutuality -- "Do You Mean catering?": Food, fellowship, and the domestication of Anglican Church women -- Conclusion: "Christianity Conceived": Women's theological cultures of Anglican Conception Bay. |
Series Title: | McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion., Series two ;, 85. |
Responsibility: | Bonnie Morgan. |
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An engaging study of rural women and lived religion that explores the ties between gender, labour, and Christian belief.
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"A lively and compelling microhistory, Ordinary Saints develops real depth in the examination of women's lived religion in mid-twentieth-century Conception Bay and is a model for future studies." Heidi MacDonald, University of New Brunswick Saint John and co-author of Vatican II and Beyond: The Changing Mission and Identity of Canadian Women Religious "Ordinary Saints is an important, original work." Hannah Lane, Mount Allison University Read more...
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