Review
This is a well-worked introductory study which brings out well the contribution Maude Petre made as a woman to the controversies of her time.>>>> (
Heythrop Journal )
From this appreciative and balanced study, there emerges the portrait of a sincere, gifted, and independent woman who deserves to be remembered fondly.>>>> (
Theological Studies )
...a valuable resource for professors and students who are studying Modernism as well as the relationship between spirituality and theology.>>>> (
Toronto Journal Of Theology )
The book's strength lies in its careful presentation of a life of integrity, complexity and contradiction, and its demonstration that reflection on such a life offers meaning ....Insight....a worthy study.>>>> (
Studies In Religion )
An important contribution about a fascinating woman.>>>> (Mary Jo Weaver
Studies In Religion )
...superior. [Ellen Leonard] has thoroughly researched the sources and presented a well documented, fascinating, and sometimes moving narrative about the great lady who deserves to emerge from Tyrell's shadow. An important contribution to the field of modernist studies; belongs in all university and seminary libraries. (
Religious Studies Review )
This is a well-worked introductory study which brings out well the contribution Maude Petre made as a woman to the controversies of her time. (
Heythrop Journal )
From this appreciative and balanced study, there emerges the portrait of a sincere, gifted, and independent woman who deserves to be remembered fondly. (
Theological Studies )
...a valuable resource for professors and students who are studying Modernism as well as the relationship between spirituality and theology. (
Toronto Journal Of Theology )
The book's strength lies in its careful presentation of a life of integrity, complexity and contradiction, and its demonstration that reflection on such a life offers meaning ....Insight....a worthy study. (
Studies In Religion )
An important contribution about a fascinating woman. (Mary Jo Weaver
Studies In Religion )
...full of insight and accessible scholarship...a most interesting study. (Mary Jo Weaver
Network (Journal Of The Catholic Women's Network) )
Quite the best in the field, it should attract interest from a wide range of feminist scholars and church historians. (Robert Butterworth
Network (Journal Of The Catholic Women's Network) )
About the Author
Ellen Leonard, C.S.J., is Associate Professor of Theology at University of St. Michael's College in Toronto, Ontario.
