Faith and Feminism in Nineteenth-Century Religious Communities.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Methodist Women and the Bible -- Women and Biblical Criticism in Nineteenth-Century England -- Deborah -- "The Lord Has Given Me a Learned Tongue" (Isa 50:4) -- American Jewish Women Reading the Bible in the Year 1893 -- The Bible in the Evangelizing Activity of the Biblewomen -- Biblical Inspiration in the Transformations of Women's Religious Communities in Nineteenth-Century Italy -- Conservative Feminism in Catholic Spain in the Nineteenth Century -- Orthodox Women and the Bible in Nineteenth-Century Russia -- The Bible in Liturgy and Spirituality -- Let the Woman Keep Silent? -- A Swiss Champion of Women's Rights -- In the Discipleship of Jesus -- Bible Reading as Motivation for Diaconal-Social Initiatives -- Reading among German-Speaking Catholic Women and the Significance of the Bible between 1850 and 1914 -- Between Service and Rebellion -- Portraits of Mary and of Biblical Scenes in the Work of Marie Ellenrieder (1791-1863) -- Old Testament Women in Bible Illustrations of the Nineteenth Century in the Works of Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld and Gustave Dore -- Contributors -- Ancient Sources Index -- Modern Authors Index.

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