Elizabeth H. Flowers
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807835340
- eISBN:
- 9781469601823
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807869987_flowers.10
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
This epilogue draws on the author's field-based research to examine the status of women after the contest. Even after the lines had been drawn, the institutions purged, and victory declared, tensions ...
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This epilogue draws on the author's field-based research to examine the status of women after the contest. Even after the lines had been drawn, the institutions purged, and victory declared, tensions over women's practices and behaviors in conservative and moderate life persisted. Though the contest between conservatives and moderates left scars, women emerged from the denominational struggle to discover inner strength, sisterhood and self-empowerment.Less
This epilogue draws on the author's field-based research to examine the status of women after the contest. Even after the lines had been drawn, the institutions purged, and victory declared, tensions over women's practices and behaviors in conservative and moderate life persisted. Though the contest between conservatives and moderates left scars, women emerged from the denominational struggle to discover inner strength, sisterhood and self-empowerment.
