Handmaidens of the Lord : : Pentecostal Women Preachers and Traditional Religion / / Elaine J. Lawless.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Lawless, Elaine J.,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2015]; ©1988
• Année de publication: 2015
• Langue: English
• Collection: Publications of the American Folklore Society
• Description matérielle: 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 11 illus.
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Maps --; Prologue --; Introduction --; 1. This Is My Story: This Is Where I Came From --; 2. Spiritual Life Stories: Traditional Narratives as Alternative "Fictions" --; 3. Evangelists and Pastors: Saving Souls and Mothering Congregations --; 4. Sacrifice and Salvation: Themes in Women's Sermons --; 5. Reproductive Images and the Maternal Strategy of the Woman Preacher --; Epilogue: A New Script with a Familiar Ending --; Appendix: Texts of Sermons --; Bibliography --; Index
• Résumé: Includes life histories of four women preachers, transcriptions of sermons, and analysis by Lawless of both life stories and sermons.
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512803839; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512803839
• Accès: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Elaine J. Lawless.

Includes life histories of four women preachers, transcriptions of sermons, and analysis by Lawless of both life stories and sermons.