Saving Women: Retrieving Evangelistic Theology and PracticeSaving Women is a much-needed study of women's contributions to the theology of evangelism. Through a careful consideration of the primary sources of six Protestant women ministering in America from 1800-1950, this historical and theological study demonstrates that these women combined verbal proclamation with other historic Christian practices in their roles as preacher, visitor, missionary, educator, activist, and reformer. |
Contents
Dorothy Ripley | 13 |
Sarah and Angelina Grimké | 57 |
Julia A J Foote | 103 |
Frances E Willard | 143 |
Helen Barrett Montgomery | 183 |
Mary McLeod Bethune | 223 |
Conclusion | 263 |
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