“A Doorkeeper in the House of My God”: Female Stewardship of Protestant Sacred Spaces in the Gulf South, 1830-1861

The movement to build and furnish new churches in the Antebellum South was not the moment of Protestant women’s religious domestication, but rather an opportunity for a new type of public stewardship of the church, one that encouraged female collective action. Women expressed their piety and leaders...

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Published in:MAVCOR journal
Main Author: Wright, Emily H. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Yale University 2019
In: MAVCOR journal
Further subjects:B Women
B Slavery
B Church
B American South
B Church Architecture
B Architecture
B United States
B Gothic Revival Architecture
B African American
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Summary:The movement to build and furnish new churches in the Antebellum South was not the moment of Protestant women’s religious domestication, but rather an opportunity for a new type of public stewardship of the church, one that encouraged female collective action. Women expressed their piety and leadership in the church by enhancing its materiality, they gave their churches permanence and social status.
ISSN:2475-2428
Contains:Enthalten in: MAVCOR journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.22332/mav.ess.2019.3