By Elizabeth Bouldin

ISBN-10: 1107095514

ISBN-13: 9781107095519

This booklet examines the tales of radical Protestant ladies who prophesied among the British Civil Wars and the good Awakening. It explores how ladies prophets formed non secular and civic groups within the British Atlantic global via invoking claims of chosenness. Elizabeth Bouldin interweaves distinct person experiences with research that summarizes developments and styles between girls prophets from various backgrounds during the British Isles, colonial North the USA, and continental Europe. Highlighting the ecumenical pursuits of many early sleek dissenters, girls Prophets and Radical Protestantism within the British Atlantic international, 1640–1730 areas lady prophecy within the context of significant political, cultural, and spiritual alterations of the interval. those comprise transatlantic migration, debates over toleration, the formation of Atlantic spiritual networks, and the increase of the general public sphere. This wide-ranging quantity will entice all these drawn to ecu and British Atlantic heritage and the background of ladies and religion.

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