Cynthia S. W. Crysdale

Living on the Boundaries

Women

“Living on the Boundaries is a fascinating combination of women's experience and sound research. The authors have gathered together a plethora of stories from women who have at one time or another understood themselves to be 'evangelicals' but who also have done doctoral work in theology. This group, by definition, challenges many of the unwritten or explicit assumptions about women's voices in the church and their authority to teach. Pohl and Creegan not only do a fine job of relaying the variegated narrative, they do it in a balanced and nuanced way. Finally, they add to their astute analysis of these stories a careful scholarly discussion of the theological and ecclesiological issues involved in the current evangelical world and its response to women today. They have tapped into an important but neglected slice of the contemporary Christian world in North America.”