Responding to Secularization: The Deaconess Movement in Nineteenth-Century Sweden

Responding to Secularization: The Deaconess Movement in Nineteenth-Century Sweden

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Jul 15, 2011 · English · Kindle (201 pages)
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Format Kindle
Pages 201
Language English
Published Jul 15, 2011
Publisher Brill Academic Publishers
ISBN-10 1283120690
ISBN-13 9781283120692

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Focusing on the female diaconates contributions to education, health care, and poor relief in nineteenth-century Sweden, this book challenges long-standing secularization theories by arguing that modernization created new possibilities and opportunities for religious communities to wield public influence.

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Religion & Spirituality History Health & Wellness
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