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Women, Feminism and Religion in Early Enlightenment England (Hardcover)
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Women, Feminism and Religion in Early Enlightenment England (Hardcover)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Early Modern British History
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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.
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