
Seizing Opportunities
Australian Baptist Women 1830s-1945
Rebecca Hilton(Author)
Pickwick Publications (Publisher)
Published on 26. August 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
316 pages
979-8-3852-4222-1 (ISBN)
Description
Until 1945, Australian Baptist women made up about two-thirds of Australian Baptist adherents, but rarely have their achievements been documented. Instead, Australian Baptist history has focused on structures and male ministers. This book seeks to redress this deficiency and highlights the work of Baptist women in congregations, state and national Baptist women's organizations, overseas mission--an area in which their contribution was essential--and national non-denominational organizations, particularly the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Australian Baptist women seized the opportunities available to them with drive and passion, and the recognition of their ministries is long overdue.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
460 gr
ISBN-13
979-8-3852-4222-1 (9798385242221)
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08/2025
Wipf and Stock Publishers
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Persons
Rebecca Hilton's conviction in the Baptist principle of the priesthood of all believers led her to seek the ministries of Baptist women--largely missing from the historiography--whom she knew would have engaged in Australian Baptist and religious life. Her published work and her PhD from Charles Sturt University are mainly focused on Australian Baptist women's history. She is an Adjunct Research Fellow of the Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture at Charles Sturt University.