After
hearing author Eric Metaxas interviewed
on several radio shows talking about his latest book, Seven Women And The Secret Of
Their Greatness, I wanted to read about these influential women who
impacted their generation, nation and beyond.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author.
The
book focuses on the lives of Joan of Arc, Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Saint
Maria of Paris, Corrie ten Boom, Rosa Parks and Mother Teresa. Eric did a lot of research and went into
great detail about their lives and the culture in which they lived and the
impact they made. Other than Corrie ten
Boom, I knew precious little or nothing about their lives and how they influenced
the world of their day.
Eric Metaxas is a Christian who is intelligent
and well-informed. As such, I wish he
had included a brief chapter telling why he selected these women. Based on his choice of women, I don’t believe
this book is apologetic in nature.
I
really enjoyed the chapters on Susanna Wesley, Hannah More, Corrie ten Boom and
Rosa Parks. I found my faith was
encouraged, challenged and strengthened by these women of great faith and strong
conviction who endured much. I struggling
reading about Joan of Arc and Saint Maria of Paris, two very unconventional
women, I think in part, because I was distracted by their theology and wondered
how Biblical Christianity would respond them.
I knew of Mother Teresa, but didn’t know much about her life until I
read this book.
This
book is not a quick read, nor a light read.
But if you like to learn history through biographies, you will like this
book. This book gives the reader an
appreciation for what women in the past had to endure, without the freedoms we
have in this country that people fought for and the modern conveniences we can
easily take for granted.
I
would like to thank BookLook and Thomas
Nelson Publishers for the opportunity to read Seven Women by Eric Metaxas
in exchange for an honest review. I was
under no obligation to give a favorable review.
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