Seven Women
And the Secret of Their Greatness
- History & Biography
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Published: 2016
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Publisher's Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Be inspired as you explore the captivating stories of seven Christian women of faith who changed the course of history. New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas gives you seven fascinating portraits of some of the greatest women who ever lived, each of whom changed the course of history by following God;s call upon their lives. Each of the world-changing figures who stride across these pages—Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Sister Maria of Paris, Corrie ten Boom, Rosa Parks, and Mother Teresa—is an exemplary model of true womanhood. Learn integrity and courage from the stories of heroines like: Teenaged Joan of Arc, who followed God's call and liberated her country, dying a heroic martyr's death Susanna Wesley, who had nineteen children and gave the world its most significant evangelist and its greatest hymn writer, her sons John and Charles Corrie ten Boom, who was arrested for hiding Dutch Jews from the Nazis and survived the horrors of a concentration camp, astonishing the world by forgiving her tormentors Rosa Parks, whose deep sense of justice and unshakable dignity and faith helped launch the twentieth century's greatest social movement Writing in his trademark conversational and engaging style, Eric Metaxas reveals how the extraordinary women profiled here achieved their greatness, inspiring readers to lives guided by a call beyond themselves.
Endorsements (15)
“It’s the rare male who can portray women so vividly. Eric Metaxas proves he’s one of the rare ones with his new book Seven Women.”
“Eric Metaxas offers a refreshing view of womanhood as he holds up a plumbline by which we can all measure ourselves. Faith strengthened by fire, courage to forsake personal comfort, boldness to take great risks, sacrificial compassion for others, convictions to live . . . and die . . . by, are just some of the common denominators of Seven Women. Although I don’t measure up, this book makes me proud to take my stand as a Christian woman.”
“Some authors give us words that are delicious to read. Others provide content that is good and necessary. Eric Metaxas consistently brings us the rare gift of both at the same time. If we are pulled toward complacency or discouragement, Eric gives an irresistible push toward hope and inspiration. ‘If they could do it then, we can do it now! Here am I, send me!’ We need to be inspired—breathed into. We need the wind of God in our sails for our time. In Seven Women, the familiar breeze is stirring again.”
“In writing about these seven singular, extraordinary women, Eric Metaxas does honor to all women. I finished Seven Women feeling more blessed and encouraged in simply being a woman than ever before. The accomplishments of these women—from across time and circumstances—have indelibly shaped the world we know today. Their stories will educate, encourage, and inspire every reader. This might be the best book you read this year.”
“What we have in Seven Women is a great biographer, Eric Metaxas, writing, with his inimitable genius for depicting moral greatness, about the lives of seven great women. Once you have read Seven Women, you will: a) understand what makes male and female greatness both similar and—even more importantly in an age that depicts men and women as essentially identical—different; b) wonder why you didn’t know about all of these women before; and c) implore Eric Metaxas to immediately write a biography of seven more women. That’s how good Seven Women is.”
“To say that Eric Metaxas is an inspiration would be an understatement. It’s not very often I come across a book such as Seven Women that has such a profound impact on my life. Eric’s ability to engage readers through the lives of these seven women will not only empower you, but will ignite a fire in you to know that we as human beings all have the power to impact the world.”
“Religion poisons everything—except, it seems, for the untold people touched by the lives of these seven incredible women. Your jaw will drop as you read these portraits of courage, each inspired by a personal vision of God and a convictional embrace of self-sacrifice. Metaxas’s beautifully written book answers the question: How can you change the world? The answer: find seven women, turn them loose, and watch Satan tremble in their presence.”
“Eric Metaxas’s Seven Women is the encouragement and inspiration to rally on as a woman trying to make a difference in our culture. The women Eric chose gave me more energy than any protein shake. This book will be required reading for my four daughters.”
“Eric Metaxas writes Seven Women with a tender brotherly love—both in his admiration and gratitude for the women he profiles and with his challenge to men not to overlook this book and a culture to reconsider its view of women’s greatness. As he’s been known to do, Metaxas reintroduces some lost fundamentals here and urges us to be better by showing how it’s done.”
“I was one of those who hoped Eric would write Seven Women, not only because I loved Seven Men but because I knew it would be a book I would want my daughters to read. It is. Eric celebrates these women not only as remarkable people who happened to be women, but as remarkable because they were women. I can’t wait to read this with my girls.”
“What a felicitous idea to write a book about women who lived up to their noble and great mission in marriage, the family, and the world. Eric Metaxas is responding to an urgent call: to reawaken women who have fallen into the trap of feminism—a murderer of chivalry—to wake up and thank God for being privileged to have the same sex as the mother of Christ.”
“Here is a biographer who is refreshingly and unashamedly attentive to the moral and spiritual qualities of great leaders. In these deftly written accounts, Eric Metaxas reminds us why each of these unforgettable women delivered such a bracing challenge to the spirit of their age, why each represents a unique profile in courage. A careful study of their lives and careers would be a tonic to the leadership crisis that besets our own day.”
“Metaxas makes these women come alive. I can’t help wanting to gather them all in a room and ask a million questions. . . . Until that group meeting happens, this book is the next best thing.”
“Eric Metaxas’s new book Seven Women demonstrates, once again, Eric’s incredible gift for storytelling. In the span of only a paragraph or two, he skillfully draws the reader into a narrative that is at once informative, historical, observational, and even whimsical.”
“Metaxas has done it again, bringing renewed insight into these women from across the centuries! Men as well as women will benefit from reading about the struggles that made these women great, the crucibles that shaped their character, and the greatness that comes from simple, deep faith.”
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