{"product_id":"harriet-beecher-stowe-a-spiritual-life-9780802833044","title":"Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Spiritual Life","description":"\"So you're the little woman who started this big war,\" Abraham Lincoln is said to have quipped when he met Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her 1852 novel \u003ci\u003eUncle Tom's Cabin\u003c\/i\u003e converted readers by the thousands to the anti-slavery movement and served notice that the days of slavery were numbered. Overnight Stowe became a celebrity, but to defenders of slavery she was the devil in petticoats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Most writing about Stowe treats her as a literary figure and social reformer while downplaying her Christian faith. But Nancy Koester's biography highlights Stowe's faith as central to her life -- both her public fight against slavery and her own personal struggle through deep grief to find a gracious God. Having meticulously researched Stowe's own writings, both published and un-published, Koester traces Stowe's faith pilgrimage from evangelical Calvinism through spiritualism to Anglican spirituality in a flowing, compelling narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKoester, Nancy:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nancy Koester has taught religion and church history atLuther Seminary, St. Paul, and at Augsburg College, Minneapolis. An ordained Lutheran minister and a spiritualdirector, she has also written Journeying through Lentwith Luke and Fortress Introduction to theHistory of Christianity in the United States.","brand":"William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461142286610,"sku":"9780802833044","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db1c22f1-89f6-4efb-9aa6-a0c1037a80fc.jpg?v=1730057984","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/harriet-beecher-stowe-a-spiritual-life-9780802833044","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}