Turn the Pulpit Loose features the lives and words of eighteen women evangelists including
Sojourner Truth and Evangeline Booth and lesser-known figures such as Jarena Lee (an African
Methodist from the early 1800s) and Uldine Utley (a child evangelist in the early 1900s) who
helped to shape American religious life from the nation¿s infancy to the present. Highlighting
substantial primary sources ¿ sermons articles diaries letters speeches and
autobiographies ¿ Priscilla Pope-Levison weaves together fascinating narratives of each woman¿s
life: her conversion and calling to preach her primary evangelistic method and her
reflections about women in general. This anthology complete with photographs of each
evangelist is an indispensable resource for a wide range of academic fields including
religion history women's studies and literature.
