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Christian head covering, also known as Christian veiling, is the traditional practice of women covering their head in a variety of Christian denominations. Some Christian women wear the head covering in public worship and during private prayer at home, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] while others (esp. Conservative Anabaptists ) believe women should wear ...
In the Southern United States, church hats became the adaptation of the biblical injunction of headcovering for Christian women. African-American women wore eye-catching head coverings during this time as Sundays were a time of rest, worship, and celebration. [6] [1] For enslaved women, this provided a rare opportunity to assert one's ...
With Spain being largely a Christian country, the mantilla is a Spanish adaption of the Christian practice of women wearing headcoverings during prayer and worship (cf. 1 Corinthians 11:2–10). [3] As Christian missionaries from Spain entered the Americas, the wearing of the mantilla as a Christian headcovering was brought to the New World. [3]
A mother wearing a kapp. A kapp (/kɒp/, Pennsylvania German from German Kappe meaning cap, cover, hood) is a Christian headcovering worn by many women of certain Anabaptist Christian denominations (especially among Amish, Mennonites, Schwarzenau Brethren and River Brethren of the Old Order Anabaptist and Conservative Anabaptist traditions), as well as certain Conservative Friends and Plain ...
The International House of Prayer of Kansas City – IHOPKC – is a Christian prayer organization that draws people from around the world to its headquarters on Red Bridge Road in South Kansas City.
The Bible, in 1 Corinthians 11:4–13, instructs women to wear a head covering, while men are to pray and worship with their heads uncovered. [16] [17] In the early Church, Christian head-covering with an opaque cloth veil was universally taught by the Church Fathers and practiced by Christian women.
A Hutterite Anabaptist Christian teacher wearing an opaque hanging veil An opaque hanging veil worn by an Anabaptist Christian woman belonging to the Charity Christian Fellowship A hanging veil , also known as a flowing veil or charity veil , is a type of Christian headcovering , which is worn by some Christian women continually, in obedience ...
Bella Abzug tried to wear her signature brimmed hat after her election in 1971, but was forced to remove it by the House doorkeeper.The rule was unsuccessfully challenged by Frederica Wilson in 2010, known for her embrace of a variety of hats (including "sequined cowboy hats" [4]) as a fashion item, and the issue was raised of a dress code with adverse impact on women in government.