Drawing from interviews of fifty ordained and seminary-trained women, Frederick W. Schmidt, Jr. explores the bureaucratic and cultural underpinnings of the church that continues to bar women from posi
Speicher (American history, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago) examines the spiritual lives and convictions of radical abolitionist women of the 19th century who rejected the repressive featu
This new edition places Sarah Ann Freeman Mix (1832-1884) in the context of American religious history and establishes her influence both on the emerging faith healing movement and on other female hea
