Faith and Failure on the Australian Goldfields: Gendered Interpretations of Piety and the "Good Death"
Gold-seeking in the 1850s Australian gold rush provided opportunity for James and Maggie Hoey, a young Scottish couple, to pursue wealth, experience adventure, and escape some of the strictures of their United Presbyterian religious culture. They hoped that Providence would guide their paths to inde...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2019]
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Journal of religious history
Year: 2019, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 460-477 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Australia
/ Gold rush
/ Failure
/ Religiosity
/ Family
/ Role expectation
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RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KBS Australia; Oceania |
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