Religion and the Origin of American Feminism
Religion played a significant role in the development of feminist thought and paved the way for the creation of feminist movement in America. First of all, church organizations, of which women constituted a large part, provided an important arena for large numbers of women to be involved in public life, and thereby helped them forge a collective identity. Besides, some alternative religious experiments and denominations, especially Spiritualism and Quakerism, which held quite liberal views towards gender, provided women with the much-needed speaking and organizing skills, as well as political principles. Last but not least, some conservative churches attack and criticism of women activists for their going beyond the womans sphere, quite ironically, further precipitated the growth of womens political consciousness.
America Religion Feminism Spiritualism Quakerism
YAO Guigui
Center for American Culture Studies, School of Foreign Languages, Jianghan University, P. R. China,430056
国际会议
2011 International Symposium --The Female Survival and Development(2011女性生存与发展国际研讨会)
济南
英文
113-119
2011-10-28（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）