CATHERINE A. BREKUS is associate professor of the history of Christianity at the University of Chicago Divinity School and author of Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 (from the University of North Carolina Press).
"A masterful overview that highlights recent advances in the study
of religious women and indicts both women's historians and
religious historians for failing to notice."
-- "Christianity Today"
�A�dds such profundity and detail to the particulars of early
preaching women's lives that it is a major contribution."Journal of
Religion"
A study which should quickly become the standard work on its
subject, radically altering our understanding of America's
religious past ."Journal of American Studies"
Now that Brekus has retrieved their stories, we will be hard put to
forget the remarkable history of female preachers."Journal of
Southern History"
"A study which should quickly become the standard work on its
subject, radically altering our understanding of America's
religious past ."Journal of American Studies""
"Now that Brekus has retrieved their stories, we will be hard put
to forget the remarkable history of female preachers."Journal of
Southern History""
"Strangers and Pilgrims" is necessary reading for students of
American religion."Journal of Ecclesiastical History"
[A]dds such profundity and detail to the particulars of early
preaching women's lives that it is a major contribution."Journal of
Religion"
It is a compelling picture that deserves to hold the attention of
scholars and general readers alike."Journal of the Early Republic"
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