Female Piety in Puritan New England(English, Hardcover, Porterfield Amanda)

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Female Piety in Puritan New England(English, Hardcover, Porterfield Amanda) is written by Porterfield Amanda and published by Oxford University Press Inc. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0195068211 (ISBN 10) and 9780195068214 (ISBN 13).

Amanda Porterfield documents the claim that for Puritan men and women alike the ideals of selfhood were conveyed by female images. Constructed largely by men, Porterfield argues, these female images taught self-control, shaped pious ideals, and also established the standards against which the moral character of actual women was measured. Porterfield's work reflects a synthesis of literary critical and historical methods, combining analysis of Puritan theological writings with detailed examinations of historical records of changing patterns of church membership and domestic life.