{"product_id":"strangers-and-pilgrims-catherine-a-brekus-9780807847459","title":"Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845","description":"Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; \"Old Elizabeth,\" an ex-slave who courageously traveled to the South to preach against slavery in the early nineteenth century; Harriet Livermore, who spoke in front of Congress four times between 1827 and 1844--these are just a few of the extraordinary women profiled in this, the first comprehensive history of female preaching in early America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on a wide range of sources, Catherine Brekus examines the lives of more than a hundred female preachers--both white and African American--who crisscrossed the country between 1740 and 1845. Outspoken, visionary, and sometimes contentious, these women stepped into the pulpit long before twentieth-century battles over female ordination began. They were charismatic, popular preachers, who spoke to hundreds and even thousands of people at camp and revival meetings, and yet with but a few notable exceptions--such as Sojourner Truth--these women have essentially vanished from our history. Recovering their stories, Brekus shows, forces us to rethink many of our common assumptions about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Catherine a. Brekus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807847453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807847459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.18w x 1.32d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/1998","brand":"Catherine a. Brekus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926308946175,"sku":"9780807847459","price":42.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_80f12eb9-a882-464d-ac00-7f735a8c4586.jpg?v=1681082351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/strangers-and-pilgrims-catherine-a-brekus-9780807847459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}