Questions Women Asked

While books about the lives of women in church history are abundant, in this book Simonetta Carr focuses on the important questions they asked—relevant both in the past and today. Throughout church history, women like you (single, married, mothers, and grandmothers, with careers both in and outside their homes) have carefully considered theological issues and asked intelligent and penetrating questions, faithfully seeking the answers in Scripture. You will be encouraged through “Food for Thought” sections at the end of each chapter to consider their questions, raise your own, and discuss them with others. Join your sisters from the church of all ages in taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ!

Endorsements

“I regularly teach a course on women in church history, and so I was thrilled to see this new volume by Simonetta Carr. Here are many unfamiliar names even for historians with an expertise in church history! Simonetta has recovered a number of great and stirring stories of how God has used gracious and godly women for the good of the church. Highly recommended!” 
—Michael A. G. Haykin

“Women have played a significant though often overlooked role in church history. Questions Women Asked explores how they have encouraged, corrected, and inspired men—but especially how their questions have helped shape Christian dialogue as ‘iron sharpens iron.’ Contemporary Christians, both women and men, will be challenged to ponder and discuss these questions while further questions will inevitably come to mind.”
—Janie B. Cheaney

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

1. How Can I Understand Scripture Correctly?
Marcella of Rome (ca. 325–410)

2. How Should a Christian Live in This World and Have Hope for the Next?
Macrina the Younger (ca. 327–379)

3. Will My Son Be Lost?
Monica of Tagaste (ca. 331–387)

4. How Can I Nurture a Son Who Lives Miles Away?
Dhuoda of Uzès (ca. 800–843)

5. The Fullness of My Sins Who Can Explore?
Kassia (ca. 810–865)

6. Is the Woman a Faulty Creation of God?
Christine de Pizan (ca. 1364–1430)

7. Should We Speak against Injustice?
Argula von Grumbach (ca. 1492–ca. 1554)

8. How Can I Be Sure I Am Saved?
Elizabeth Aske Bowes (ca. 1505–ca. 1572)

9. Should We Pray for God’s Enemies?
Renée of France (1510–1575)

10. How Can I Find Peace of Conscience?
Giulia Gonzaga (1513–1566)

11. What Can I Do If My Husband Neglects Me?
Olympia Morata (1526–1555)

12. What Should I Consider in a Marriage Proposal?
Charlotte de Bourbon (ca. 1546–1582)

13. Does God Care about Hairstyles?
Charlotte Arbaleste Duplessis-Mornay (ca. 1550–1606)

14. What Should a Mother Teach Her Sons?
Dorothy Leigh (d. 1616)

15. Should Women Be Educated?
Bathsua Makin (ca. 1600–1675)

16. How Do I Know the True God Is the One Described in Scripture?
Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672)

17. Are Mind and Body Separate?
Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1618–1680)

18. What Could We Fear?
Lucy Hutchinson (1620–1681)

19. Why Am I Troubled?
Mary White Rowlandson (ca. 1637–1711)

20. Can Women Write about Theology?
Anne Dutton (ca. 1692–1765)

21. Can I Marry a Nonbeliever?
Kata Bethlen (1700–1759)

22. Can I Be a Secret Christian?
Marie Durand (1711–1776)

23. Must I Forever Mourn?
Anne Steele (1717–1778)

24. How Can I Help the Needy?
Isabella Marshall Graham (1742–1814)

25. How Can I Not Oppose Tyranny?
Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753–1784)

26. What Have I to Do with Idols?
Ann Griffiths (1776–1805)

27. Are These the Beings with Whom I Must Spend the Remainder of My Life?
Betsey Stockton (ca. 1798–1865)

28. Can True Science Disagree with the Bible?
Lydia Mackenzie Falconer Miller (1812–1876)

29. Can Christians Have Disturbing Thoughts?
Sarah Sergeant Miller (1777–1861)

30. Can We Sing in Heaven If Our Loved Ones Are Missing?
Anne Ross Cundell Cousin (1824–1906)

31. Can the Church of Christ Be Destroyed?
Jeanette Li (1899–1968)

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