Lawless collects and interprets the stories of ten women ministers and examines their public and private lives, their ministries, their images of God, and their negotiations of sexuality and the religious life.


Handmaidens of the Lord

by Elaine J. Lawless

Published 1 August 1988

Includes life histories of four women preachers, transcriptions of sermons, and analysis by Lawless of both life stories and sermons.