This superb collection of twenty-five sermons by notable American women preachers of the past and present provides a unique perspective on the role of women in American religion, along with a fascinating look into the lives of the preachers themselves.--
Record details
ISBN:9780817012168
ISBN:0817012168
Physical Description:viii, 247 pages ; 22 cm print
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-247).
Formatted Contents Note:
A golden chain / Lucy Wright -- The path is plain / Anna Howard Shaw -- Baptism / Olympia Brown -- Like a tree planted / Helen Barrett Montgomery -- Live wire--beware! A divine healing sermon / Aimee Semple McPherson -- God is love / Evangeline C. Booth -- The imperishable jewel / Georgia Elma Harkness -- What's left behind? / Elizabeth Achtemeier -- The courage to choose, the commitment to being chosen / Rita Nakashima Brock -- The church: the family of God / LaTaunya M. Bynum -- One stone upon another / Jana Childers -- Growing pains: learning to relinquish in order to receive / Margaret Ann Cowden -- Draw near / Joan Delaplane -- Liberating love: pass it on / Toinette M. Eugene -- Learning to see / Isabel Carter Heyward -- No bulls, no lambs, no goats / Leontine T.C. Kelly -- A powerful gospel / Daisy L. Machado -- Remember the Sabbath day / Kim Mammedaty -- The stumbling enemy / Ella Mitchell -- Let pharaoh go / Nancy Hastings Sehested -- The redemptive songs we sing / Christine Marie Smith -- What is our place? / Barbara Brown Zikmund.