Daughters of the Church Women and Ministry from New Testament Times to the Present

includes index and biblioraphy

THE GOSPEL AND THE WORLD OF JESUS Wives and Mothers ACTS AND EPISTLES Prophesying Daughters and Silenced Wives THE RISE OF THE CHURCH AND THE DOWNFALL OF ROME Martyrs and Sex Objects MEDIEVAL CATHOLICISM Nuns, "Heretics," and Mystics REFORMATION PROTESTANTISM Daring Noblewomen and Godly Wives POST-REFORMATION SECTARIANISM Visionaries and "She-Preachers" TRANSATLANTIC REFORM AND REVIVALISM Social Workers and Lay Evangelists FOREIGN MISSIONS Jungle Pioneers and Urban Church Planters THE NON-WESTERN CHURCH Lowly Bible Women and Renowned Educators MODERN PENTECOSTALISM AND DENOMINATIONALISM: Tent-toting Evangelists and Ordained Ministers