Description: Georgia Harkness (1891-1974) was a Methodist theologian and the first American woman to teach theology at the seminary level. A leader in the ecumenical movement, Harkness strove to make theology accessible to the laity. This book is a compilation of writing from early in her career that appeared in publications such as The Christian Century...
Brief description: Rebekah Miles is Associate Professor of Ethics at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. She is the author of a number of books including The Bonds of Freedom: Feminist Theology and Christian Realism and The Pastor as Moral Guide.
Review Quotes: Â"A Georgia Harkness reader is long overdue, and now we have a stellar one. Rebekah Miles' reader gives us the liberal, gospel-centered, pacifist, and ecumenical essence of Harkness, emphasizing her evangelical liberal theology.Â" Gary Dorrien, Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, New York and Author of The Making of American Liberal Theology