TY  - BOOK
AU  - Apetrei,S.L.T.
TI  - Women, feminism and religion in early Enlightenment England
T2  - Cambridge studies in early modern British history
SN  - 9780521513968
AV  - HQ1149 .A64 2010
U1  - 200.82 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Astell, Mary,
KW  - Women
KW  - England
KW  - History
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Feminism
KW  - Women's rights
KW  - Women and religion
KW  - fast
KW  - Feminismus
KW  - gnd
KW  - Religion
KW  - Frau
KW  - idszbz
KW  - Soziale Situation
KW  - Recht
KW  - Författare
KW  - 1600-talet
KW  - kao
KW  - religion
KW  - rättslig ställning
KW  - Protestantism
KW  - historia
KW  - sao
KW  - Kvinnor
KW  - Kvinnor och religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Female advocates: defences of women in seventeenth-century England -- "Out of choice and not necessitie": the celibacy of Mary Astell -- Reason, gender and the passions in Mary Astell -- Mary Astell's feminism and the religion of Protestants -- Quaker women and Protestant renewal -- Millenarians and Philadelphians -- The universal principle of grace -- The divine life: celestial flesh and inner light -- Conclusion
N2  - "Illuminating a formative period in the debate over sexual difference, this book contributes to our understanding of the origins of feminist thought. In late seventeenth-century England, female writers from diverse religious and political traditions confronted the question of women's subordination. Their feminist protests disturbed even those who championed women's education and defended female virtue. Some of these women, including Lady Mary Chudleigh and the Tory feminist Mary Astell, have attracted interest for their literary achievements and philosophical originality. This book approaches them from a new perspective, arguing that the primary impulse for their feminism was religious reformism: manifest in personal devotion, serious theological reflection and a vision for moral renewal and social justice. This reforming feminism, Sarah Apetrei argues, links Astell to the assertive women of dissenting and spiritualist traditions. Far from being a constraining influence on feminism, religion was a stimulus to new thinking about the status of women"--Provided by publisher
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