Hauge-bevegelsens «Prædikerinder»

Kritisk blikk på forskning og formidling

Abstract

The subject of the article is the female preachers of the Hauge movement. The first part is based on a study of sources of actual knowledge about these women’s religious practices and room for maneuver. The second part is based on a historiographical study that aims to document the approach to the topic in church history works and other professional literature. Considering older works, attention is particularly given to A. Chr. Bang’s monography (1874/1910) and H.G. Heggtveit’s church history (1905–1920). In the case of more recent research literature, the attention is particularly given to certain source-critical problems, and today’s popular perception of the early lay movement carrying a form of feminism.