Women, Religion, and Emotions in Modern Germany and Beyond

Analyzes the role of emotions in the religious lives of women from across Germany and Europe from the nineteenth century to the 1970s.


Scholarship on women and religion has focused primarily on the intersection between women's religious engagement and their emancipation. This volume goes beyond that to examine the vital role religion has played in the private and public lives of German and European women. Because emotions are central to the expression of religiosity, it draws on approaches f...