Writing Pauline

Gail J. Stearns is Director of the Common Ministry and Adjunct Faculty in the Honor's College as well as Women's Studies Department at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Professor Stearns earned her Ph.D. at Washington State University.

• Chapter 1 FiguresChapter 2 Preface by Pauline E. Thompson, July 1999Chapter 3 AcknowledgmentsChapter 4 IntroductionChapter 5 Childhood and CharacterChapter 6 Professional Training, Work, and RelationshipsChapter 7 Having No Time: War TimeChapter 8 Post-War AnalysisChapter 9 Retirement and ActivismChapter 10 Religion and Relinking: Pauline's TheologyChapter 11 Rethinking Psychology, Religion, Ethics, and EthnographyChapter 12 ConclusionChapter 13 NotesChapter 14 IndexChapter 15 About the Author

[Stearns] writes with authority when theorizing in the introduction and conclusion, helping simplify the crisscrossing themes of feminist theory, theology, and Jungian psychology...By sharing life stories Stearns illuminates one woman's path from 'foolishness to wisdom.'