A history of the Mothers' Union : women, Anglicanism and globalisation, 1876-2008
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog7121
- Author
- Moyse, Cordelia
- Publication Date
- 2011, 2009
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5013 M69 2011
- Author
- Moyse, Cordelia
- Place of Publication
- Woodbridge, Eng.
- Publisher
- Boydell and Brewer
- Publication Date
- 2011, 2009
- Physical Description
- 289 [+3] p. ; 23.5 x 15.5 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Cordelia Moyse".
- "Copyright Cordelia Moyse 2009. First published 2009. The Boydell Press, Woodbridge. Reprinted in paperback 2011. Transferred to digital printing." -- verso of t.-p.
- "The Boydell Press is an imprint of Boydell and Brewer Ltd, PO Box 9, Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 3Df, UK and of Boydell and Brewer Inc., 668 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester NY 14620, USA". -- verso of t.-p.
- "LaVergne, TN USA. 26 January 2011. 214055LV00002B.47/P" -- back endpaper.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-282) and index.
- "History books tend to be written for one of two reasons. The author is seeking either to correct what was wrong in a previous teller's tale, or to tell a new tale, which will cast new light on historical developments and open up new fields of enquiry. This book on the Mothers' Union falls largely into the second category. The audience for which it is written is primarily that of historians of women, the Church and the British Empire. .... the book explores the identity and nature of the organisation as a way of understanding not only the impact of tremendous social, religious and political changes on the largest worldwide group of ordinary Christian laywomen, but also -- critically -- their participation in these changes. It is in fact that dreaded thing, an institutional history, but one that seeks to avoid the sins of being dutiful and inward-looking by situating the subject in current historiography from a number of appropriate fields. Through its use of primary sources and its interdisciplinary approach it offers new insights into women's lives both as wives and mothers and as political and religious participants in Britain and other parts of the world over the course of more than a century. Before describing some of the areas to which this study of the Mothers' Union contributes, it is, however, important to understand the nature, limitations and opportunities of the primary sources in which this work is rooted". -- Intro.
- Contents: List of Illustrations -- Foreword dated Lambeth Palace, Pentecost 2009 / Archbishop Rowan and Jane Williams -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I, 1876-1909 -- Launching the Mothers' Union -- Identity and Spirituality -- Marriage and Family Life -- Membership and Worldwide Work -- Part II, 1910-1944 -- Identity and Spirituality -- Marriage and Family Life -- Membership and Worldwide Work -- Part III, 1945-1974 -- Identity and Spirituality -- Marriage and Family Life -- Membership and Worldwide Work -- Part IV, 1975-2008 -- Mission and Spirituality in a Global Age -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Text of early membership cards -- Appendix 2: Development of the Mothers' Union prayer -- Appendix 3: Midday prayers (original) -- Appendix 4: Development of the objects -- Appendix 5: Biographical notes on central and worldwide presidents -- Bibliography -- Index.
- Series
- Studies in modern British religious history ; v. 20
- Subjects
- Mothers' Union - History
- Mothers' Union - Anglican Communion
- Women in the Anglican Communion
- Women - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Women - Religious life - Anglican Communion
- Sumner, Mary (Mary Elizabeth Heywood), 1828-1921
- Family - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Marriage - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- Divorce - Religious aspects - Anglican Communion
- ISBN
- 978-1-84383-606-3 (pbk.)
- ISSN
- 1464-6625
- Call Number
- BX 5013 M69 2011
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)