Religion and Domestic Violence in Early New England
Religion and Domestic Violence in Early New England
By:Abigail Abbot Bailey
Published on 1989 by Indiana University Press
|This is an amazing study, a memoir which provides insight intofamily abuse in 18th century America.... a significant volume which enhances ourknowledge of social and religious life in New England. It is also a movingcontribution to the literature of spirituality.| -- Review andExpositor |Students of American culture are indebted to AnnTaves for editing this fascinating and revealing document and for providing it withfull annotation and an illuminating introduction.| -- American StudiesInternational |This is above all an eminently teachable text, which raises important issues in the history of religion, women, and the family andabout the place of violence in American life.| -- New EnglandQuarterly ..|. stimulating, enlightening, and provocative...| -- Journal of Ecumenical Studies Abigail Abbot Bailey wasa devout 18th-century Congregationalist woman whose husband abused her, committedadultery with their female servants, and practiced incest with one of theirdaughters. This new, fully annotated edition of her memoirs, featuring a detailedintroduction, offers a thoughtful analysis of the role of religion amidst the trialsof the author's everyday life.
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