Plain Women: Gender and Ritual in the Old Order River Brethren

by Margaret C. Reynolds

Despite the great interest in "plain" groups in recent years, comparatively little has been written about women and the particular role they play in preserving traditional religious and cultural values in the modern world. In Plain Women, Margaret C. Reynolds portrays the women of the Old Order River Brethren, a significant branch of the Brethren in Christ located mainly in Pennsylvania.

The members of this conservative offshoot of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271021381
• ISBN13: 9780271021386
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"