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050	0	0	_aHQ1149.G7 _bA64 2010
082	0	0	_a200.82 _222 _bAPW
100	1		_aApetrei, Sarah _q(Sarah Louise Trethewey), _d1979-
245	1	0	_aWomen, feminism and religion in early Enlightenment England / _bSarah Apetrei.
260			_aCambridge ; _aNew York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2010.
300			_ax, 325 p. : _bill. ; _c23 cm.
365			_aGBP _b20.99
490	1		_aCambridge studies in early modern British history
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	8		_aMachine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. 'The Order of the Platonic Ladies': Mary Astell and her Circle: 1. Female advocates: defences of women in seventeenth-century England; 2. 'Out of choice and not necessitie': the celibacy of Mary Astell; 3. Reason, gender and the passions in Mary Astell; 4. Mary Astell's feminism and the religion of Protestants; Part II. 'The Company of the She-Publishers': Prophets, Mystics and Visionaries: 5. Quaker women and Protestant renewal; 6. Millenarians and Philadelphians; 7. The universal principle of grace; 8. The divine life: celestial flesh and inner light; Conclusion; Bibliography.
520			_a"Illuminating a formative period in the debate over sexual difference, this book contributes to our understanding of the origins of feminist thought. In late seventeenth-century England, female writers from diverse religious and political traditions confronted the question of women's subordination. Their feminist protests disturbed even those who championed women's education and defended female virtue. Some of these women, including Lady Mary Chudleigh and the Tory feminist Mary Astell, have attracted interest for their literary achievements and philosophical originality. This book approaches them from a new perspective, arguing that the primary impulse for their feminism was religious reformism: manifest in personal devotion, serious theological reflection and a vision for moral renewal and social justice. This reforming feminism, Sarah Apetrei argues, links Astell to the assertive women of dissenting and spiritualist traditions. Far from being a constraining influence on feminism, religion was a stimulus to new thinking about the status of women"--Provided by publisher.
650		0	_aWomen _zEngland _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aFeminism _zEngland _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aWomen's rights _zEngland _xHistory _y17th century.
650		0	_aWomen and religion _zEngland _xHistory _y17th century.
830		0	_aCambridge studies in early modern British history.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2010000055-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2010000055-d.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents only _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1005/2010000055-t.html
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