{"product_id":"women-of-faith-and-religious-identity-in-fin-de-siecle-france-paperback-softback-9780815636151","title":"Women of Faith and Religious Identity in Fin-de-Siècle France (Paperback \/ softback) 9780815636151","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen of Faith and Religious Identity in Fin-de-Siècle France\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEmily Machen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780815636151\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 January 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 21.3 x 1.2 cm, 0.335 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn this unique study, Machen explores a moment of intense religious upheaval and transformation in France between 1880 and 1920. In these pre-World War I years, a powerful Catholic community was pitted against equally powerful anticlerical members of the French Third Republic. During this time, women became increasingly involved in faith-based organizations, engaging in social and political action both to expand women's rights and to ensure that religion remained part of the public debate about France's identity. By representing their faith communities as modern, progressive, and in some cases democratic, women positioned themselves to help guide a modernizing France. Women of Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish faiths also reshaped the narrative of female power within the French nation and within their own religious groups. Their activism provided them with social, religious, and political influence unattainable through any other French institutions, enabling them in turn to push France toward becoming a more democratic, equitable society. Machen's timely examination of the critical role women played in shaping the nation's religious identity helps to illuminate contemporary issues in France as Muslim communities respond to civic pressure to secularize and as the country debates the role of women in Islam.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrincipal Organizations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: \u003ci\u003eWomen and the Spiritual \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eRevival of France\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReligious Identity and the Challenge of Feminism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Development of Women’s \"Ministries\" in France \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolitical Engagement, Community Voting Rights, and Women’s Pastorate \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaith for Social Progress:\u003ci\u003e Women, Social Action, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the Modernization of France \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Voyage of Faith: \u003ci\u003eReligious Women \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand International Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBattling for God and Nation: \u003ci\u003eWomen, Religion, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eand the First World War \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570026901784,"sku":"9780815636151","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-of-faith-and-religious-identity-in-fin-de-siecle-france-paperback-softback-9780815636151","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}