Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845

Reviews

"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

Strangers and Pilgrims is necessary reading for students of American religion. --Journal of Ecclesiastical History

It is a compelling picture that deserves to hold the attention of scholars and general readers alike. --Journal of the Early Republic

Now that Brekus has retrieved their stories, we will be hard put to forget the remarkable history of female preachers. --Journal of Southern History