Mighty Baptism Race, Gender, and the Creation of American Protestantism

"Juster examines the changing role of Baptist women in Colonial and Revolutionary New England. At first essentially equal to men in church governance and in the right to speak in church, women were gradually excluded from power in Baptist churches after the Revolution. As the Baptist church adopted a more patriarchal model of church organization, women were not only marginalized and silenced but associated because of gender with several serious sins, including sexual misconduct, lying, and slander.Juster, Susan is the author of 'Mighty Baptism Race, Gender, and the Creation of American Protestantism' with ISBN 9780801482120 and ISBN 0801482127.