Aaron Spencer Fogleman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Hopeful Journeys: German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America, 1717-1775, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Fogleman ventures a bold re-envisioning of the Moravians and their importance in the eighteenth century. Jesus Is Female marks an excellent new interpretation that situates them firmly in broad historical and historiographic currents, particularly with regard to gender, sexuality, race, transatlantic evangelical culture, and early America in general."-Jon Sensbach, University of Florida

• Introduction. The Challenge of Radical ReligionPART ONE. RELIGION AND GENDERChapter One. Radical Religion in a Colonial ContextChapter Two. Gender and Confession in the Protestant WorldPART TWO. THE MORAVIAN CHALLENGEChapter Three. The Challenge to Gender OrderChapter Four. The Ecumenical ChallengePART THREE. RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE AND THE DEFENSE OF ORDERChapter Five. The Confessional ResponseChapter Six. The Confrontation in the Middle ColoniesChapter Seven. Religious Violence EruptsConclusion. The Limits of Radical Religion in AmericaAppendixBibliography

Aaron Spencer Fogleman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Hopeful Journeys: German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America, 1717-1775, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Fogleman ventures a bold re-envisioning of the Moravians and their importance in the eighteenth century. Jesus Is Female marks an excellent new interpretation that situates them firmly in broad historical and historiographic currents, particularly with regard to gender, sexuality, race, transatlantic evangelical culture, and early America in general."-Jon Sensbach, University of Florida

• Introduction. The Challenge of Radical ReligionPART ONE. RELIGION AND GENDERChapter One. Radical Religion in a Colonial ContextChapter Two. Gender and Confession in the Protestant WorldPART TWO. THE MORAVIAN CHALLENGEChapter Three. The Challenge to Gender OrderChapter Four. The Ecumenical ChallengePART THREE. RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE AND THE DEFENSE OF ORDERChapter Five. The Confessional ResponseChapter Six. The Confrontation in the Middle ColoniesChapter Seven. Religious Violence EruptsConclusion. The Limits of Radical Religion in AmericaAppendixBibliography

Aaron Spencer Fogleman is Professor of History at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of Hopeful Journeys: German Immigration, Settlement, and Political Culture in Colonial America, 1717-1775, also published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.

"Fogleman ventures a bold re-envisioning of the Moravians and their importance in the eighteenth century. Jesus Is Female marks an excellent new interpretation that situates them firmly in broad historical and historiographic currents, particularly with regard to gender, sexuality, race, transatlantic evangelical culture, and early America in general."-Jon Sensbach, University of Florida

• Introduction. The Challenge of Radical ReligionPART ONE. RELIGION AND GENDERChapter One. Radical Religion in a Colonial ContextChapter Two. Gender and Confession in the Protestant WorldPART TWO. THE MORAVIAN CHALLENGEChapter Three. The Challenge to Gender OrderChapter Four. The Ecumenical ChallengePART THREE. RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE AND THE DEFENSE OF ORDERChapter Five. The Confessional ResponseChapter Six. The Confrontation in the Middle ColoniesChapter Seven. Religious Violence EruptsConclusion. The Limits of Radical Religion in AmericaAppendixBibliography