Christian Masculinity

Men and Religion in Northern Europe in the 19th and 20th Centuries

AvYvonne Maria Werner

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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In the mid-nineteenth century, when the idea of religion as a private matter connected to the home and the female sphere won acceptance among the bourgeois elite, Christian religious practices began to be associated with femininity and soft values. Contemporary critics claimed that religion was incompatible with true manhood, and today's scholars talk about a feminisation of religion. But was this really the case? What expression did male religious faith take at a time when Christianity was losing its status as the foundation of society?This is the starting point for the research presented in Christian Masculinity. Here we meet Catholic and Protestant men struggling with and for their Christian faith as priests, missionaries, and laymen, as well as ideas and reflections on Christian masculinity in media, fiction, and correspondence of various kinds. Some men engaged in social and missionary work, or strove to harness the masculine combative spirit to Christian ends, while others were eager to show the male character of Christian virtues. This book not only illustrates the importance of religion for the understanding of gender construction, but also the need to take into consideration confessional and institutional aspects of religious identity. This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-06-27
Mått:171 x 235 x 20 mm
Vikt:907 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:KADOC Studies on Religion, Culture and Society
Antal sidor:322
Förlag:Leuven University Press
ISBN:9789058678737

Utforska kategorier

Europas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

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Yvonne Maria Werner is Professor at the Department of History at the Lund University.

Recensioner i media

Hoewel deze bundel slechts een en een halve bijdrage bevat die betrekking hebben op de religiegeschiedenis van de Nederlanden, is hij niet zozeer daarom, maar vooral om zijn benadering, concepten en theorievorming van groot belang voor het onderzoek naar de geschiedschrijving- katholiek en protestants -van het christendom in de afgelopen twee eeuwen. De bijdragen verschaffen uitstekende aanknopingspunten om zowel het globale historische beeld van de feminisering van het negentiende-eeuwse christendom te handhaven, maar tegelijk ook scherper te krijgen hoe en waarom dat niet noodzakelijk een ontkerstening van het mannelijke deel van de kerkleden, noch een (totale) feminisering van de mannelijke functies binnen de kerk, hoefde te impliceren. Bijzonder aanbevelenswaardig.Lodewijk Winkeler, Trajecta, Jrg 1-20, 2010-2011, aflevering 3-4

Innehållsförteckning

Studying Christian masculinity. An introductionYvonne Maria Werner Part IKey Concepts and theoretical PerspectivesThe unrecognised piety of men.Strategies and success of the re-masculinisation campaign around 1900Olaf BlaschkeMasculinity and secularisation in twentieth-century BritainCallum G. BrownPart IIVisions and Ideals of Christian ManhoodHeroic men and Christian idealsTine Van Osselaer and Alexander MauritsMasculinity, memory, and oblivion in the Dutch Dominican Province, 1930-1950Marit MonteiroThe man in the clergyman. Swedish priest obituaries, 1905-1937Anna Prestjan Crises of faith and the making of Christian masculinities at the turn of the twentieth centuryDavid Tjeder Part III Missionary MasculinityProtestant mission in China. A proletarian perspectiveErik Sidenvall Alternative masculinity? Catholic missionaries in ScandinaviaYvonne Maria Werner Part IV Fostering Christian Men The making of Christian men.An evangelical mission to the Swedish army, c. 1900-1920Elin Malmer Danish folk high school and the creation of a new Danish manNanna Damsholt Part V Transgressing Gender BoundariesLiterary transgressions of masculinity and religionInger Littberger Caisou-Rousseau A manly queen with feminine charm.Intersectional perspectives on genderAnders Jarlert The new Catholic feminism.Tradition and renewal in Catholic gender theologyGösta Hallonsten BibliographyContributorsIndexColophon

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