| Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life Contributor(s): Koester, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802833047 ISBN-13: 9780802833044 Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $29.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Religious |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2013027100 |
| Series: Library of Religious Biography |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.11" W x 8.95" (1.20 lbs) 391 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: So you're the little woman who started this big war, Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that the days of slavery were numbered. Overnight Stowe became a celebrity, but to defenders of slavery she was the devil in petticoats. Most writing about Stowe treats her as a literary figure and social reformer while downplaying her Christian faith. But Nancy Koester's biography highlights Stowe's faith as central to her life -- both her public fight against slavery and her own personal struggle through deep grief to find a gracious God. Having meticulously researched Stowe's own writings, both published and un-published, Koester traces Stowe's faith pilgrimage from evangelical Calvinism through spiritualism to Anglican spirituality in a flowing, compelling narrative. Watch a 2014 interview with the author of this book here: |
Contributor Bio(s): Koester, Nancy: - Nancy Koester has taught religion and church history atLuther Seminary, St. Paul, and at Augsburg College, Minneapolis. An ordained Lutheran minister and a spiritualdirector, she has also written Journeying through Lentwith Luke and Fortress Introduction to theHistory of Christianity in the United States. |