About the Author

Priscilla Pope-Levison [DePauw University (B.Mus.), Duke Divinity School (M.Div.), and the University of St. Andrews, Scotland (Ph.D.)] is Associate Dean for External Programs at Perkins School of Theology. Her published areas of research—six books and numerous articles—include women’s religious history, Methodist history and theology, mission and evangelism, and the ecumenical movement. She has authored or edited the following books: Building the Old Time Religion: Women Evangelists in the Progressive Era (2014), Sex, Gender, and Christianity (2012), Turn the Pulpit Loose: Two Centuries of American Women Evangelists (2004) Return to Babel: Global Perspectives on the Bible (1999) Jesus in Global Contexts (1992) and Evangelization in a Liberation Perspective (1991). She serves on several editorial boards, including the Ashgate Methodist Studies Series, Methodist Review, and New Room Books.

Reviews

"In "Turn the Pulpit Loose", Priscilla Pope-Levison challenges scholars of American history, religious studies and women's studies to engage seriously female evangelism. She offers brief but vivid portraits of an array of women evangelists-black and white, working-class and affluent, young and old, famous and forgotten-from both traditional denominations and newly-created churches. These are accompanied by a rich selection of primary sources for each evangelist, providing scholars with critical materials that demand a reassessment of the history of evangelism and of women in the nineteenth and twentieth century United States."--Nancy A. Hewitt, Rutgers University, Editor of "A Companion to American Women's History" (2002)
"Students of American religion will find this an indispensible starting point for research into gender and evangelicalism." --"Religious Studies Review"

"In "Turn the Pulpit Loose," Priscilla Pope-Levison challenges scholars of American history, religious studies and women's studies to engage seriously female evangelism. She offers brief but vivid portraits of an array of women evangelists-black and white, working-class and affluent, young and old, famous and forgotten-from both traditional denominations and newly-created churches. These are accompanied by a rich selection of primary sources for each evangelist, providing scholars with critical materials that demand a reassessment of the history of evangelism and of women in the nineteenth and twentieth century United States."--Nancy A. Hewitt, Rutgers University, Editor of "A Companion to American Women's History" (2002)
"Students of American religion will find this an indispensible starting point for research into gender and evangelicalism." --"Religious Studies Review"

"In "Turn the Pulpit Loose, Priscilla Pope-Levison challenges scholars of American history, religious studies and women's studies to engage seriously female evangelism. She offers brief but vivid portraits of an array of women evangelists-black and white, working-class and affluent, young and old, famous and forgotten-from both traditional denominations and newly-created churches. These are accompanied by a rich selection of primary sources for each evangelist, providing scholars with critical materials that demand a reassessment of the history of evangelism and of women in the nineteenth and twentieth century United States."--Nancy A. Hewitt, Rutgers University, Editor of "A Companion to American Women's History (2002)