Women in Christianity in the Age of Enlightenment: 1650-1800 (1) (A Cultural History of Women in Christianity)
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- Synopsis
- This volume offers a multidisciplinary reassessment of women’s intellectual, spiritual, and artistic contributions during the Enlightenment, challenging their place in dominant historical, theological, and philosophical narratives.Women in Christianity in the Age of Enlightenment brings together eight thematically interconnected chapters that examine how women across diverse geographies navigated patriarchal institutions to assert agency in theology, philosophy, sainthood, education, science, the arts, and religious practice. Drawing from a wide range of case studies, this volume traces counter- narratives that questioned Enlightenment rationalism, ecclesiastical authority, and canonical androcentrism. Featured figures include Puellae Doctae, Rachel Speght, Jeanne Guyon, Mary Astell, and Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun in Europe; “Mamá Antula,” Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Francisca Josefa del Castillo, and María de Jesús in the Americas; and Luo Qilan, Kiyohara Yukinobu, and Ike Gyokuran in Asia. This volume reframes the Enlightenment as a contested global terrain of gendered power.This book will appeal to scholars and advanced students in gender studies, theology, intellectual history, and the arts, as well as to general readers interested in the Enlightenment and feminist thought. It offers a valuable resource for rethinking modernity through the often- overlooked contributions of women to Christian intellectual and cultural traditions worldwide.
- Copyright:
- 2026
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 266 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781040706954
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781003006985, 9780367439934, 9781040478219
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 11/19/25
- Copyrighted By:
- selection and editorial matter, Hugo Córdova Quero and Cristian Mor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Hugo Córdova Quero
- Edited by:
- Cristian Mor