Labour, love and prayer : female piety in Ulster religious literature, 1850-1914

Publication Data

• Title Labour, love and prayer : female piety in Ulster religious literature, 1850-1914
• Author Andrea Ebel Brożyna
• Contributor
• Publisher Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast
• Publication date 1999
• Publication location Belfast
• Language English

Contents

Contents: Introduction : setting the scene
"The right to labour, love, and pray" : the cult of domesticity in Ulster religious literature
The Virgin Mary : model of Christian female spirituality
Women of the Bible and early church : mortal sinners and model saints
"A future of blessing and service" : the moral education of Ulster girls
"The wind in women's wings" : defining roles for women in Ulster protestant churches
"The cursed cup hath cast her down" : images of women in Ulster temperance literature
"She hath done what she could" : the gendered construction of female piety in Ulster protestant women's missionary literature
Conclusion.

Topics

• Religious literature, English :: Irish authors :: History and criticism
• Women in literature
• Piety in literature
• Women :: Religious life :: Northern Ireland
• Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland) :: Religious life and customs
• Ulster (Northern Ireland and Ireland)

Labour, love and prayer : female piety in Ulster religious literature, 1850-1914 by Andrea Ebel Brożyna. ISBN 077351757X. Published by Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast in 1999. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.