TY  - BOOK
AU  - Green,Todd H.
TI  - Responding to secularization : the deaconess movement in nineteenth-century Sweden 
T2  - Brill eBook titles 2011
SN  - 9789004209671
AV  - BV4423 .G74 2011
U1  - 271/.98 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Deaconesses
KW  - Sweden
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Secularism
KW  - Church history
N1  - Based on the author's dissertation (Vanderbilt University); Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-184) and index; Preliminary Material; T. H. Green --; 1. The Secularization Debate: An Introduction To The Problematic Relationship Between Religion And Modernity; T. H. Green --; 2. The Female Diaconate In Nineteenth-Century Sweden; T. H. Green --; 3. Education; T. H. Green --; 4. Health Care; T. H. Green --; 5. Poor Relief; T. H. Green --; 6. The Social Significance Of Swedish Deaconesses; T. H. Green --; Bibliography; T. H. Green --; Index; T. H. Green; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - The causal link between modernization and secularization constitutes the core of secularization theories, but what these theories often overlook are the ways in which modernity can benefit religion. Focusing on the female diaconate’s contributions to education, health care, and poor relief in nineteenth-century Sweden, this book argues that modernization created new possibilities and opportunities for religious communities to wield public influence. The rise, growth, and social significance of the deaconess movement remain incomprehensible apart from the very modernizing forces that secularization theories claim are detrimental to religion
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/ej.9789004194793.i-188
ER  -