Author: Jeanmarie (Simpson) Bishop
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781797886107
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The play takes place in the last moments of the life of Quaker Mary Dyer, executed by the Puritan Church/State Government in early New England. The creator-performer of HERETIC said, "I have come to consider Mary Dyer the Mother of the First Amendment. It is because of her terrifying and selfless act that we enjoy the freedom of speech and to worship as we choose."The play is honest, painfully graphic and uncompromising in its storytelling. Reviews are uniformly raves and audiences love it.
Heretic: The Mary Dyer Story
Author: Jeanmarie (Simpson) Bishop
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781797886107
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The play takes place in the last moments of the life of Quaker Mary Dyer, executed by the Puritan Church/State Government in early New England. The creator-performer of HERETIC said, "I have come to consider Mary Dyer the Mother of the First Amendment. It is because of her terrifying and selfless act that we enjoy the freedom of speech and to worship as we choose."The play is honest, painfully graphic and uncompromising in its storytelling. Reviews are uniformly raves and audiences love it.
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN: 9781797886107
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
The play takes place in the last moments of the life of Quaker Mary Dyer, executed by the Puritan Church/State Government in early New England. The creator-performer of HERETIC said, "I have come to consider Mary Dyer the Mother of the First Amendment. It is because of her terrifying and selfless act that we enjoy the freedom of speech and to worship as we choose."The play is honest, painfully graphic and uncompromising in its storytelling. Reviews are uniformly raves and audiences love it.
The Religious History of American Women
Author: Catherine A. Brekus
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807867993
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
More than a generation after the rise of women's history alongside the feminist movement, it is still difficult, observes Catherine Brekus, to locate women in histories of American religion. Mary Dyer, a Quaker who was hanged for heresy; Lizzie Robinson, a former slave and laundress who sold Bibles door to door; Sally Priesand, a Reform rabbi; Estela Ruiz, who saw a vision of the Virgin Mary--how do these women's stories change our understanding of American religious history and American women's history? In this provocative collection of twelve essays, contributors explore how considering the religious history of American women can transform our dominant historical narratives. Covering a variety of topics--including Mormonism, the women's rights movement, Judaism, witchcraft trials, the civil rights movement, Catholicism, everyday religious life, Puritanism, African American women's activism, and the Enlightenment--the volume enhances our understanding of both religious history and women's history. Taken together, these essays sound the call for a new, more inclusive history. Contributors: Ann Braude, Harvard Divinity School Catherine A. Brekus, University of Chicago Divinity School Anthea D. Butler, University of Rochester Emily Clark, Tulane University Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame Amy Koehlinger, Florida State University Janet Moore Lindman, Rowan University Susanna Morrill, Lewis and Clark College Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Augustana College Pamela S. Nadell, American University Elizabeth Reis, University of Oregon Marilyn J. Westerkamp, University of California, Santa Cruz
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807867993
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
More than a generation after the rise of women's history alongside the feminist movement, it is still difficult, observes Catherine Brekus, to locate women in histories of American religion. Mary Dyer, a Quaker who was hanged for heresy; Lizzie Robinson, a former slave and laundress who sold Bibles door to door; Sally Priesand, a Reform rabbi; Estela Ruiz, who saw a vision of the Virgin Mary--how do these women's stories change our understanding of American religious history and American women's history? In this provocative collection of twelve essays, contributors explore how considering the religious history of American women can transform our dominant historical narratives. Covering a variety of topics--including Mormonism, the women's rights movement, Judaism, witchcraft trials, the civil rights movement, Catholicism, everyday religious life, Puritanism, African American women's activism, and the Enlightenment--the volume enhances our understanding of both religious history and women's history. Taken together, these essays sound the call for a new, more inclusive history. Contributors: Ann Braude, Harvard Divinity School Catherine A. Brekus, University of Chicago Divinity School Anthea D. Butler, University of Rochester Emily Clark, Tulane University Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame Amy Koehlinger, Florida State University Janet Moore Lindman, Rowan University Susanna Morrill, Lewis and Clark College Kristy Nabhan-Warren, Augustana College Pamela S. Nadell, American University Elizabeth Reis, University of Oregon Marilyn J. Westerkamp, University of California, Santa Cruz
The Story of the Inquisition
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inquisition
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Inquisition
Languages : en
Pages : 716
Book Description
Haunted States
Author: Miranda Corcoran
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1914420330
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A fusion of travel literature and cultural criticism investigating the dark history of the US and exploring how past horrors – from witch trials to slavery and genocide – continue to haunt the national consciousness. Haunted States is a unique guidebook that explores the dark, often horrifying, history of the US. Based on the author’s journey across the United States in summer 2022, it explores locations connected to Gothic fiction and film, tracking the relationship between the American landscapes and the various forms of fictional horror the nation has produced over the centuries. Part cultural history and part travelogue, Haunted States traces how the American Gothic draws inspiration from the natural and built environments, with the astounding geographical variation of the landscape influencing the distinctive forms of horror produced across its many diverse regions. The book also investigates how the horrors of the American Gothic have their roots in the nation’s dark history of colonialism, slavery, violence and oppression – past sins that continue to haunt the national consciousness to this day. Taking horror (in literature, film and the visual arts) as its starting point, Haunted States investigates the landscapes, places and cultures that produced it. Incorporating first-person travel narrative, historical context and supplementary interviews, Haunted States journeys across the USA to learn about its eclectic, regional forms of horror.
Publisher: Watkins Media Limited
ISBN: 1914420330
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A fusion of travel literature and cultural criticism investigating the dark history of the US and exploring how past horrors – from witch trials to slavery and genocide – continue to haunt the national consciousness. Haunted States is a unique guidebook that explores the dark, often horrifying, history of the US. Based on the author’s journey across the United States in summer 2022, it explores locations connected to Gothic fiction and film, tracking the relationship between the American landscapes and the various forms of fictional horror the nation has produced over the centuries. Part cultural history and part travelogue, Haunted States traces how the American Gothic draws inspiration from the natural and built environments, with the astounding geographical variation of the landscape influencing the distinctive forms of horror produced across its many diverse regions. The book also investigates how the horrors of the American Gothic have their roots in the nation’s dark history of colonialism, slavery, violence and oppression – past sins that continue to haunt the national consciousness to this day. Taking horror (in literature, film and the visual arts) as its starting point, Haunted States investigates the landscapes, places and cultures that produced it. Incorporating first-person travel narrative, historical context and supplementary interviews, Haunted States journeys across the USA to learn about its eclectic, regional forms of horror.
American Heretics
Author: Peter Gottschalk
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1137278293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A journey through American history that reveals an unsettling pattern of religious intolerance, from colonial anti-Quaker sentiment to modern-day Islamophobia
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1137278293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
A journey through American history that reveals an unsettling pattern of religious intolerance, from colonial anti-Quaker sentiment to modern-day Islamophobia
The Story Upon a Hill
Author: Christopher Leise
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817319476
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
"A timely study of contemporary American literature that highlights the everpresence of Puritan myths in American identity and culture"--
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817319476
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
"A timely study of contemporary American literature that highlights the everpresence of Puritan myths in American identity and culture"--
Bad Religion
Author: Ross Douthat
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143917833X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Traces the decline of Christianity in America since the 1950s, posing controversial arguments about the role of heresy in the nation's downfall while calling for a revival of traditional Christian practices.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 143917833X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Traces the decline of Christianity in America since the 1950s, posing controversial arguments about the role of heresy in the nation's downfall while calling for a revival of traditional Christian practices.
The Secret History of the Jersey Devil
Author: Brian Regal
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421436353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens—and the American imagination—to this day. Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catastrophe and frightening innocent passersby—or so the story goes. In The Secret History of the Jersey Devil, Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito examine the genesis of this popular myth, which is one of the oldest monster legends in the United States. According to Regal and Esposito, everything you think you know about the Jersey Devil is wrong. The real story of the Jersey Devil's birth is far more interesting, complex, and important than most people—believers and skeptics alike—realize. Leaving the Pine Barrens, Regal and Esposito turn instead to the varied political and cultural roots of the Devil's creation. Fascinating and lively, this book finds the origins of New Jersey's favorite monster not in witchcraft or an unnatural liaison between woman and devil but in the bare-knuckled political fights and religious upheavals of colonial America. A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 1421436353
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A provocative look at the mystery surrounding the Jersey Devil, a beast born of colonial times that haunts the corners of the Pine Barrens—and the American imagination—to this day. Legend has it that in 1735, a witch named Mother Leeds gave birth to a horrifying monster—a deformed flying horse with glowing red eyes—that flew up the chimney of her New Jersey home and disappeared into the Pine Barrens. Ever since, this nightmarish beast has haunted those woods, presaging catastrophe and frightening innocent passersby—or so the story goes. In The Secret History of the Jersey Devil, Brian Regal and Frank J. Esposito examine the genesis of this popular myth, which is one of the oldest monster legends in the United States. According to Regal and Esposito, everything you think you know about the Jersey Devil is wrong. The real story of the Jersey Devil's birth is far more interesting, complex, and important than most people—believers and skeptics alike—realize. Leaving the Pine Barrens, Regal and Esposito turn instead to the varied political and cultural roots of the Devil's creation. Fascinating and lively, this book finds the origins of New Jersey's favorite monster not in witchcraft or an unnatural liaison between woman and devil but in the bare-knuckled political fights and religious upheavals of colonial America. A product of innuendo and rumor, as well as scandal and media hype, the Jersey Devil enjoys a rich history involving land grabs, astrological predictions, mermaids and dinosaur bones, sideshows, Napoleon Bonaparte's brother, a cross-dressing royal governor, and Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.
The Passion of Anne Hutchinson
Author: Marilyn J. Westerkamp
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197506909
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Prologue: Anne Hutchinson and the Controversy -- The Puritan Experiment: Errors and Trials -- Helpmeets, Mothers, and Midwives among the Patriarchs -- Sectarian Mysticism and Spiritual Power -- Prophesying Women and the Gifts of the Spirit -- Gracious Disciples and Frightened Magistrates -- A Froward Woman Beloved of God.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197506909
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Prologue: Anne Hutchinson and the Controversy -- The Puritan Experiment: Errors and Trials -- Helpmeets, Mothers, and Midwives among the Patriarchs -- Sectarian Mysticism and Spiritual Power -- Prophesying Women and the Gifts of the Spirit -- Gracious Disciples and Frightened Magistrates -- A Froward Woman Beloved of God.
Women and the Christian Story
Author: Jennifer Hornyak Wojciechowski
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 150647375X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
For most of its history, Christianity has told its stories from the perspective of men. Jennifer Hornyak Wojciechowski foregrounds the story of Christian women for a new era. Be they powerful or nameless, saintly or flawed, women across two millennia and six continents are allowed to speak fully to their part in the spread of a global faith.
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
ISBN: 150647375X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
For most of its history, Christianity has told its stories from the perspective of men. Jennifer Hornyak Wojciechowski foregrounds the story of Christian women for a new era. Be they powerful or nameless, saintly or flawed, women across two millennia and six continents are allowed to speak fully to their part in the spread of a global faith.