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The Life of Selina Campbell: A Fellow Soldier in the Cause of Restoration (Religion and American Culture (Tuscaloosa, Ala.).)

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This first biography of Selina Campbell opens a window onto the experience of women in one of the crucial dynamic religious groups of 19th-century The usa.

Loretta M. Long examines the life and influence of Selina Campbell, one of the crucial visible women in the 19th-century Disciples of Christ movement. Best referred to as the wife of Alexander Campbell, founder of the Disciples, Selina Campbell both shaped and exemplified the role
of women in this dynamic religious group (often referred to as the Stone-Campbell movement). Her story demonstrates the importance of faith in the lives of many women all through this era and adds a new dimension to the idea that of the “separate spheres” of women and men, which women like Campbell interpreted in the context of their religious beliefs.

A household manager, mother, author, and friend, Campbell held sway primarily in the domestic sphere, but she used to be not held captive by it. Her relationship with her husband used to be founded on a deep sense of partnership conditioned by their strong faith in an all-powerful God. Each
of them took on complementary roles according to the perceived natural abilities of their genders: Alexander depended on Selina to manage his property and raise the children whilst he traveled the country preaching. Campbell outlived her husband by 30 years, and all through that time published several newspaper articles and supported new causes, such as women in missions.

In the end, as Long amply demonstrates, Selina Campbell used to be neither her husband’s shadow nor solely a domestic worker. She used to be, in her husband’s eyes, a full partner and a “fellow soldier” in the cause of Restoration.

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