Women prophets and radical Protestantism in the British Atlantic world, 1640-1730 /Elizabeth Bouldin.

"This book examines the stories of radical Protestant women who prophesied between the British Civil Wars and the Great Awakening. It explores how women prophets shaped religious and civic communities in the British Atlantic world by invoking claims of chosenness. Elizabeth Bouldin interweaves detailed individual studies with analysis that summarizes trends and patterns among women prophets from a variety of backgrounds throughout the British Isles, colonial North America, and continental Europe. Highlighting the ecumenical goals of many early modern dissenters, Women Prophets and Radical Protestantism in the British Atlantic World, 1640-1730 places female prophecy in the context of major political, cultural, and religious transformations of the period. These include transatlantic migration, debates over toleration, the formation of Atlantic religious networks, and the rise of the public sphere. This wide-ranging volume will appeal to all those interested in European and British Atlantic history and the history of women and religion"--

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Defining the Early Modern Female Prophet; 1 Female Prophecy and Election during the Civil Wars and Interregnum; Two Baptist Prophets: Sarah Wight and Katherine Sutton; A Fifth Monarchist: Mary Cary; 2 Female Prophecy, Election, and the Transatlantic Quaker Community; The Early Quaker Community; Election, Female Prophecy, and the Second-Generation Quaker Community; 3 "Clothed with the Sun": Ann Bathurst, Behmenism, and Gendered Prophecy; Bathurst's "Rhapsodical Meditations and Visions."

A Chosen Woman: Bathurst and ElectionFemale Millenarianism in Behmenist and Pietist Circles; 4 The Problem of Prophetic Authority, c. 1706-1715; Episode One: A Failed Alliance; Episode Two: The Healing of Mary Heath; Episode Three: The Prophets, Theatricality, and D'Urfey's Modern Prophets; The London Stage; 5 "Peculiar People in All Parts and Denominations of Christendom"; Millenarianism and Transconfessional Encounters; Sites of Sociability; Modes of Communication; Radical Protestants and Religious Communication Networks; Conclusion; Bibliography; Primary Sources: Manuscripts.

Archives of Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham (Kent)Chetham's Library, Manchester (UK); Lambeth Palace Library, London; Library of the Religious Society of Friends, London; Bodleian Library, Oxford; Haverford College Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Primary Sources: Printed Editions; Secondary Sources; Index.

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