Visionary Women : ecstatic prophecy in seventeenth-century England / Phyllis Mack.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-454) and index.

Feminine symbolism and female prophecy : gender and knowledge in the world turned upside down -- Woman, nature, and spirit -- Male and female power : visionary women and the social order -- Talking back : women as prophets during the Civil War and Interregnum, 1640-1664 -- Friends in Eden : gender and spirituality in Early Quakerism, 1650-1664 -- Ecstasy and self-transcendence -- Prophecy -- Ecstasy and everyday life -- How were Quakers radical? -- Visionary orders : women in the Quaker Movement, 1664-1700 -- The snake in the garden : Quaker politics and the origin of the women's meeting -- The mystical housewife -- Selfhood and Enlightenment : Quaker preaching and discipline, 1664-1700.

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"This study of radical prophecy in 17th-century England explores the significance of gender for religious visionaries between 1650 and 1700. Phyllis Mack focuses on the Society of Friends, or Quakers, the largest radical sectarian group active during the English Civil War and Interregnum. The meeting records, correspondence, almanacs, autobiographical and religious writings left by the early Quakers enable Mack to present a textured portrait of their evolving spirituality. Parallel sources on men and women provide a unique opportunity to pose theoretical questions about the meaning of gender, such as whether a 'women's spirituality' can be identified, or whether religious women are more or less emotional than men."--EBSCO.

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