Horace Bushnell On Women In

Horace Bushnell on Women in Nineteenth-Century America scrutinizes Bushnell's vision of a Christian America based on the organic unity of family, church, and nation. His complex views about women ranged from patriarchal and hierarchical to egalitarian and nurturing.

Michiyo Morita is Associate Professor at the General Research Institute, Seigakuin University, Ageo, Japan.

Acknowledgments

vi

Introduction

1

(20)

The Thesis of this Book

1

(1)

Profound Changes in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century

2

(1)

Bushnell's Brief Life History until His Marriage

3

(1)

Bushnell's Own Family

4

(1)

Hartford

4

(1)

Bushnell's Congregation: The North Congregational Church

5

(1)

History of Research

5

(6)

Methodology of This Book

11

(1)

Outline of This Book

11

(10)

Women in the Family

21

(38)

Natures of Women and Men

21

(3)

Marriage

24

(5)

Women's Roles in Christian Nurture

29

(8)

Relationships with Family Members

37

(10)

Summary of This Chapter

47

The Next Chapter

37

(22)

Women in the Church

59

(30)

Religious Natures of Women and Men

59

(8)

Women's Roles in Church

67

(7)

The Minister's Wife

74

(4)

Women in Bushnell's Congregation

78

(2)

Summary of This Chapter

80

(1)

The Next Chapter

80

(9)

Women in the Nation

89

(38)

Christian America

89

(4)

New England Fathers and Revolutionary Fathers

93

(2)

Women's Suffrage

95

(15)

Women's Sphere in Society

110

(3)

Summary of This Chapter

113

(14)

Conclusion

127

(6)

Summary of This Book

127

(4)

Contribution and Significance of This Book to Bushnell Scholarship

131

(1)

For Future Research

131

(2)

Bibliography

133

(12)

Index

145

(6)

About The Author

151

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